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Intima-media thickness of the descending aorta in patients with bicuspid aortic valve

OBJECTIVE: A bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is associated with accelerated aortic valve disease (AVD) and abnormalities in aortic elasticity. We investigated the intima-media thickness of the descending aorta (AoIMT) in patients with AVD with or without an ascending aortic aneurysm (AscAA), in relation...

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Autores principales: Petrini, Johan, Yousry, Mohamed, Eriksson, Per, Björk, Hanna M., Rickenlund, Anette, Franco-Cereceda, Anders, Caidahl, Kenneth, Eriksson, Maria J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5441363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28616529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2016.03.014