Bicuspid Aortic Valve in 2 Model Species and Review of the Literature.

Abstract excerpt

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common human congenital cardiac malformation. Although the etiology is unknown for most patients, formation of the 2 main BAV anatomic types (A and B) has been shown to rely on distinct morphogenetic mechanisms. Animal models of BAV include 2 spontaneous hamster strains and 27 genetically modified mouse strains. To assess the value of these models for extrapolation to...

Topics

• Animals
• Aortic Valve
• Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
• Cricetinae
• Disease Models, Animal
• Humans
• Incidence
• Mice
• Mutation
• Retrospective Studies