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ReviewJournal of the American College of Cardiology2014

A roadmap to investigate the genetic basis of bicuspid aortic valve and its complications: insights from the International BAVCon (Bicuspid Aortic Valve Consortium).

Siddharth K Prakash, Yohan Bossé, Jochen D Muehlschlegel, Hector I Michelena, Giuseppe Limongelli, Alessandro Della Corte, Francesca R Pluchinotta, Maria Giovanna Russo, Artur Evangelista, D Woodrow Benson and 3 more

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Review in Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
95citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

95 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 190 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 8 institutions in 4 countries.

Siddharth K PrakashDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: siddharth.k.prakash@uth.tmc.edu.
Yohan BosséInstitut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Department of Molecular Medicine, Laval University, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
Jochen D MuehlschlegelDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Hector I MichelenaDivision of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Giuseppe LimongelliDepartment of Cardiology, Second University of Naples and Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Alessandro Della CorteDepartment of Cardiothoracic Sciences, Second University of Naples and Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Francesca R PluchinottaDivision of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease in Adults, I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
Maria Giovanna RussoDepartment of Cardiology, Second University of Naples and Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Artur EvangelistaDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
D Woodrow BensonHerma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Simon C BodyDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Dianna M MilewiczDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
BAVCon Investigators
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITBrigham and Women's Hospital · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USChildren's Hospital of Wisconsin · USInstitut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec · CAIRCCS Policlinico San Donato · ITMayo Clinic · USUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ES

Funding

Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center (UL1)UL1TR000170 · NCATS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, LEE MARSHALL · 2012 to 2013
$31.4M
Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCTS)KL2TR000370 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI MCPHERSON, DAVID D · 2012 to 2016
$4.3M
Genetic Etiology of Bicuspid Aortic Valve DiseaseR01HL114823 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BODY, SIMON C · 2012 to 2016
$2.1M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR000370NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000170NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL114823
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common adult congenital heart defect and is found in 0.5% to 2.0% of the general population. The term "BAV" refers to a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by diverse aortic valve malformations with associated aortopathy, congenital heart defects, and genetic syndromes. Even after decades of investigation, the genetic determinants of BAV and its complications remain largely undefined. Just as BAV phenotypes are highly variable, the genetic etiologies of BAV are equally diverse and vary from complex inheritance in families to sporadic cases without any evidence of inheritance. In this paper, the authors discuss current concepts in BAV genetics and propose a roadmap for unraveling unanswered questions about BAV through the integrated analysis of genetic and clinical data.

Indexed as

AnimalsAortic ValveBicuspid Aortic Valve DiseaseBiomedical ResearchGenetic Association StudiesHeart Valve DiseasesHumansMutationbicuspidconsortiumroadmapvalve

Identifiers

PMID25145529
PMCPMC4485610
OpenAlexW117716646

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