American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 2 , Pages 266-270 , 15 January 2009

Relation of Coarctation of the Aorta to the Occurrence of Ascending Aortic Dilation in Children and Young Adults With Bicuspid Aortic Valves

  • Andrea Z. Beaton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Thieu Nguyen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Wyman W. Lai, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
    • Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Samprit Chatterjee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Prema Ramaswamy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
    • ,
  • Irene D. Lytrivi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
    • Department of Pediatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
    • ,
  • Ira A. Parness, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Shubhika Srivastava, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 212-241-8662; fax: 212-534-2659

Received 4 June 2008 ,Revised 4 September 2008 ,Accepted 4 September 2008.

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PII: S0002-9149(08)01583-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.09.062

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 2 , Pages 266-270 , 15 January 2009

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