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Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.)

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Mutations in the MIB1 gene are associated with the development of a bicuspid aortic valve. (a) Family tree in which the parents (I) have bicuspid aortic valve and the mother (2+) carries the MIB1V943F mutation. The male children have bicuspid aortic valve and one of them carries the MIB1V943F mutation (1+). (b) Magnetic resonance image of a bicuspid aortic valve (arrowheads).

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