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Heart Disease
Reports from National Institutes of Health highlight recent research in heart disease
July 6th, 2008
"Objectives Our goal was to determine the prevalence and characteristics of aortic valve disease in girls and women with monosomy for the X chromosome, or Turner syndrome (TS). Complications from congenital aortic valve disease are a major source of premature mortality in TS, but accurate data on the prevalence of aortic valve abnormalities and their association with aortic root dilation are not available," scientists in the United States report. " This prospective study characterized the aortic valve and proximal aorta in 253 individuals with TS age 7 to 67 years using transthoracic echocardiography as our primary screening tool, supplemented with magnetic resonance...
Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2008-07-06)
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