Assessing wall stresses in bicuspid aortic valve-associated aortopathy: Forecasting the perfect storm?

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¹ Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill.
² Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill; Department of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill; Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: paul.fedak@gmail.com.

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Alex J Barker et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Aug.

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. 2018 Aug;156(2):471-472.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.03.092. Epub 2018 Mar 31.

¹ Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill.
² Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill; Department of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill; Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: paul.fedak@gmail.com.

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