Abstract:Dyslipidemia is correlated with diverse cardiovascular problems, such as obesity, hypertension, and atherosclerosis, which are summarized as metabolic syndrome. Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), as one of the congenital heart defects, is shown to influence approximately 2.2% of the general population worldwide, inducing the severe pathological development of aortic valve stenosis (AVS) or aortic valve regurgitation (AVR), and also to aortic dilatation. Notably, emerging evidence showed that BAV was correlated with … Show more
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