Article
Bicuspid aortic valve and associated aortopathy : a combined biomechanics, histological and genetic analysis
2015-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common inborn heart defect and a continuum of a disease process affecting the aortic valve and the thoracic aorta with an increased risk of thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) formation and dissection. Aortic dilatation may be related to haemodynamic perturbations or intrinsic wall abnormalities. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the relative contribution of these paramet...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 839bac9c-7b8c-5958-9ce3-0b4677a4120e
- DOI
- 10.25560/38455
