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DOI: 10.12945/j.aorta.2013.12.011
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Aneurysm Development in Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve (BAV): Possible Connection to Repair Deficiency?

Shohreh Maleki
1   Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Hanna M. Björck
1   Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Valentina Paloschi
1   Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Sanela Kjellqvist
1   Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Lasse Folkersen
1   Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Veronica Jackson
2   Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Anders Franco-Cereceda
2   Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Per Eriksson
1   Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Publication History

27 December 2012

15 February 2013

Publication Date:
28 September 2018 (online)

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Key Words

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) - TGFβ pathway - Hemodynamics - Angiogenesis - Endothelial cells
 

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