Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Growth in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Patients: Role of Aortic Stiffness and Pulsatile Hemodynamics

BACKGROUND: Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital cardiac abnormality. A thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is present in ≈50% of BAV patients, who also have an 8‐fold higher risk of aortic dissection than the general population. Because the health of the aorta is directly reflected...

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Autores principales: Rooprai, Jasjit, Boodhwani, Munir, Beauchesne, Luc, Chan, Kwan‐Leung, Dennie, Carole, Nagpal, Sudhir, Messika‐Zeitoun, David, Coutinho, Thais
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6507195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30966855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.118.010885

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