Partial Aortic Valve Leaflet Fusion Is Related to Deleterious Alteration of Proximal Aorta Hemodynamics

Circulation. 2019 Jun 4;139(23):2707-2709. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.039693. Epub 2019 Jun 3.

Authors

Andrea Guala¹, Jose Rodriguez-Palomares¹, Laura Galian-Gay¹, Gisela Teixido-Tura¹, Kevin M Johnson², Oliver Wieben², Augusto Sao Avilés¹, Arturo Evangelista¹

Affiliations

¹ Hospital Universitari Vall d´Hebron, Department of Cardiology, CIBER-CV. Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (A.G., J.R.-P., L.G.-G., G.T.-T., A.S.A., A.E.).
² Departments of Medical Physics & Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison (K.M.J., O.W.).

PMID: 31158004
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.039693

No abstract available

Keywords: aortic aneurysm; bicuspid valve; blood flow; hemodynamics; imaging; magnetic resonance imaging.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aorta / diagnostic imaging
Aorta / physiopathology*
Aortic Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm / etiology
Aortic Aneurysm / physiopathology*
Aortic Valve / abnormalities*
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / physiopathology
Aortography / methods
Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
Computed Tomography Angiography
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dilatation, Pathologic
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital / complications
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging
Heart Defects, Congenital / physiopathology*
Heart Valve Diseases / complications
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Heart Valve Diseases / physiopathology*
Hemodynamics*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Male
Middle Aged
Perfusion Imaging / methods
Prospective Studies
Regional Blood Flow
Risk Factors