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Bicuspid aortic stenosis causes
Introduction
Causes for Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis
Causes for Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis
- There is increasing evidence that occurrence of bicuspid aortic valve is heriditary with incidence as high as 10-17% in first-degree relatives of probands.[1]
- Hypercholesterolemia accelerates the stenotic process via calcification.
- Other conditions associated with occurrence of bicuspid aortic valves include:
References
References
- ↑ Cripe L, Andelfinger G, Martin LJ, Shooner K, Benson DW (2004). “Bicuspid aortic valve is heritable”. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 44 (1): 138–43. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2004.03.050. PMID 15234422. Retrieved 2012-04-11. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Sachdev V, Matura LA, Sidenko S, Ho VB, Arai AE, Rosing DR, Bondy CA (2008). “Aortic valve disease in Turner syndrome”. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 51 (19): 1904–9. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2008.02.035. PMID 18466808. Retrieved 2012-04-11. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Hallidie-Smith KA, Karas S (1988). “Cardiac anomalies in Williams-Beuren syndrome”. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 63 (7): 809–13. PMC 1779091. PMID 3415298. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help);|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Duran AC, Frescura C, Sans-Coma V, Angelini A, Basso C, Thiene G (1995). “Bicuspid aortic valves in hearts with other congenital heart disease”. The Journal of Heart Valve Disease. 4 (6): 581–90. PMID 8611973. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help);|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Gelb BD, Zhang J, Sommer RJ, Wasserman JM, Reitman MJ, Willner JP (1999). <175::AID-AJMG9>3.0.CO;2-%23 “Familial patent ductus arteriosus and bicuspid aortic valve with hand anomalies: a novel heart-hand syndrome”. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 87 (2): 175–9. PMID 10533032. Retrieved 2012-04-11. Unknown parameter
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