Team links gene duplications, deletions within chromosome region to nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease
Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate ...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Once Had A Bicuspid Aortic Valve: What Are Its Symptoms and Treatment
Among many health challenges is a congenital heart defect known as bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), a condition ... The global incidence rate of BAV is 1-2 per cent, whereas Indians have a higher ...
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Assessing the Incidence of Aortic Complications in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valves
Acute aortic dissection occurred in 2 of 416 patients during follow-up; in one case, the bicuspid valve had previously been surgically replaced. Aortic dimensions on their last echocardiogram ...
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Effects of sports activity in athletes with bicuspid aortic valve and mild aortic regurgitation
Objective In this study, the impact of regular training on left ventricle morphology in a group of athletes with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) was evaluated. Design Longitudinal cohort study. A group of ...
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Sport PRactice and its Effects on aortic size and valve function in bicuspid Aortic valve Disease: a cross-sectional report from the SPREAD study
Objective Concerns exist about the possible detrimental effects of exercise training on aortic size and valve ... type of BAV was assessed, and the following code was used for the nomenclature: 1 for ...
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Aortic Valve Stenosis Topic Review
Approximately 2% of the population is born with a bicuspid aortic valve ... where no calcification of the aortic valve has occurred, however, every other type of aortic stenosis is accompanied ...
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Aortic Stenosis Topic Review
Aortic stenosis occurs when the orifice of the aortic valve is significantly reduced due to the failure of the aortic valve leaflets to open fully during systole. This causes an effective increase ...