Visualization of flow in the ascending aorta: bicuspid aortic valves compared to tricuspid aortic valves
β Scribed by Christian Meierhofer; Christine Lyko; Philipp Eike Schneider; Andrea Hutter; Heiko Stern; Stefan Martinoff; Alfred Hager; John Hess; Michael Markl; Sohrab Fratz
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 286 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6647
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β¦ Synopsis
The aim of this prospective matched-pair study was to compare different 3D flow patterns in the ascending aorta caused by native bicuspid aortic valves (BAV) compared to tricuspid aortic valves (TAV).
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