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Ascending aortic aneurysm in a patient with bicuspid aortic valve, positive history of systemic autoimmune diseases and common genetic factors: a case report

The bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and specific systemic autoimmune diseases are associated with cardiovascular manifestation, including aortic aneurysm. We reported a case of 64 year-old patient with BAV and a history of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and who devel...

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Autores principales: Foffa, Ilenia, Festa, Pier Luigi, Ait-Ali, Lamia, Mazzone, Annamaria, Bevilacqua, Stefano, Andreassi, Maria Grazia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2720381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19580662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-7-34