Mesenchymal state of intimal cells may explain higher propensity to ascending aortic aneurysm in bicuspid aortic valves

Medicine and Dentistry

• Bicuspid Aortic Valve 100%
• Aortic Aneurysm 100%
• Ascending Aorta 44%
• Aortic Valve 33%
• Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition 33%
• Aortopathy 22%
• Hemodynamic 22%
• Immunohistochemistry 11%
• Electron Microscopy 11%
• Lifespan 11%
• RNA Analysis 11%
• Immaturity 11%
• Cell Junction 11%
• Aneurysm 11%