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Back in the Eocene, some 50 million years ago (MYA), as mammals exploded in number and variety, the English Channel did not exist. England and France were a continuous land mass and the current region of the Channel was underlaid by a layer cake of early Tertiary, Mesozoic and Paleozoic sediments (top to bottom) that sat atop the Precambrian basement. Then, in the Oligocene (about 30 MYA), in concert with the Alpine Orogeny, the crust buckled, producing a broad ridge that stretched from southern England to northernmost France.
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"We believe that 564 games has been a sufficient test period for 'hybrid icing' and that the application of the rule has been positive for the most part," AHL president David Andrews said. "But because we have more than 300 players recalled to the National Hockey League each season, it is our view that these players should have the benefit of a consistent application of the icing rule in both the AHL and NHL."
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Athena Giesbrecht hopes to someday tap her way to the top of the world.
The Grade 5 student at Harold Hatcher School is off to an excellent start, as she recently posted a third-place showing at the International Dance Organization World Tap Dance Championships in Riesa, Germany earlier this month. More than 30 countries sent representatives to the competition.
Giesbrecht, who trains at Ken Peter's Dance Express under the tutelage of coach Jayne Peter, took bronze in the solo female children's event, performing a routine entitled Gettin' in the Mood. She also competed in the small group, large group and a production number.
Giesbrecht, who will soon turn 10, attended the competition in 2011 as well, competing in the small group event. With an expanded repertoire this time around, she said she was able to get more out of the experience.
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Giesbrecht prefers to dance solo because it allows her to better express herself.
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This means that titanium tends to remain in a solid or molten state rather than becoming a gas when exposed to tremendous heat. The resistance of titanium isotopes to vaporization makes it less likely that they would become incorporated by the Earth and the developing moon in equal amounts.Titanium also contains different isotopic signatures forged in countless stellar explosions that occurred before the sun's birth. These explosions flung subtly different titanium isotopes into interstellar space. Different objects in the newly forming solar system gobbled up those isotopes in different ways through collisions, leaving clues that let scientists infer where the solar materials including the moon came from.Planetary DNA"When we look at different bodies, different asteroids, there are different isotopic signatures. It's like their different DNAs," Dauphas said. Meteorites, which are pieces of asteroids that have fallen to Earth, contain large variations in titanium isotopes. Measurements of terrestrial and lunar samples show that "the moon has a strictly identical isotopic composition to the Earth," he said."We thought that the moon had two parents, but when we look at the composition of the moon, it looks like it has only one parent," Zhang said.Zhang initially found variations in the titanium isotopic composition between the lunar and terrestrial samples. She then corrected the results for the effects of cosmic rays, which could have changed the titanium isotopic composition of the lunar samples.The Earth and the moon are constantly bombarded by cosmic rays from the sun and from more distant sources in the galaxy. Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field prevents most of these rays from reaching its surface, but the moon has no such protection."We compared the titanium isotopic composition with samarium and gadolinium since those two systems are very sensitive to the cosmic-ray effect," Zhang said. The only compositional differences the scientists expected to see in samarium and gandolinium between Earth and moon would be the result of cosmic rays. "We found a very nice linear correlation between titanium and samarium or gadolinium," she said.Zhang's titanium analyses greatly reinforce previous work by other researchers who came to the same conclusion after comparing terrestrial and lunar oxygen isotopes, which are less refractory and thus more likely to gasify during a giant impact than titanium.Lunar ConundrumSolving the conundrum of the moon's origin probably will prove challenging because all of the alternative scenarios for the moon's formation have drawbacks.For example, it is possible that even though titanium is refractory, it might still have gasified in the giant impact and then became incorporated into the disk of Earth-orbiting material that developed into the moon. 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After watching the TEVO show last night, it left me unsettled. When did this show become so serious? I want to watch fun, not her making cookies, and the muppets...Yikes. Bring back the magic and the helicopters! It bothers me that this child, "the daughter" is really the crux of the show. How dare she advertise for a Daddy, expose her child and community to camera's... Buck up Emily and be a sexy girl, not a super sweet, (cross your ankles) type of girl! AND GOSH, you bachelors - slackers-unemployed hair commericial men? AND HOW MANY LETTERS does Ryan have?
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this guy is so ugly what was she thinking in the first place and aske this guy to stay, she has bad taste or she is confuse and wish she sends this guy away so quicly and also a guy that is gelous about others is so wrong just becuase the other guy is hansom and went with a helicopter what the heck hi wanted to be different so......
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Risk factors for aortic valve disease in bicuspid aortic valve: a family-based study.
ABSTRACT Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common cardiovascular malformation and is a risk factor for aortic valve disease (AVD). AVD typically manifests later in life, and the majority of cases have BAV. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for AVD in individuals with BAV. Families enriched for BAV were identified in a pediatric population, and echocardiography was performed on all family members. AVD was identified as stenosis and/or insufficiency, and BAV morphology was defined as right-left (RL), right-non (RN) or indeterminate. Heritability (h(2)) of AVD and BAV morphology was estimated using variance components analysis (SOLAR). To assess AVD risk over time, we used Generalized Estimating Equations methodology (SAS) adjusting for age and gender. A total of 1,128 individuals from 226 families were evaluated. BAV was identified in 281 individuals (25%), and AVD was identified in 167 (59%) individuals with BAV. Previously, we identified a high heritability for BAV (h(2) = 0.89 ± 0.06, P < 0.00001), but the heritability of AVD in the present study (0.07 ± 0.17, P = 0.33) was low. AVD was significantly associated with BAV morphology (P = 0.0027) and age (P = 0.0068). Children with RN BAV and adults with RL BAV were more likely to develop AVD. BAV is determined largely by genetic effects, but the phenotypic variability of AVD is primarily determined by nongenetic factors. BAV morphology may have predictive value for the time course of AVD.
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ABSTRACT: Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common type of congenital heart disease with a population prevalence of 1-2%. While BAV is known to be highly heritable, mutations in single genes (such as GATA5 and NOTCH1) have been reported in few human BAV cases. Traditional gene sequencing methods are time and labor intensive, while next-generation high throughput sequencing remains costly for large patient cohorts and requires extensive bioinformatics processing. Here we describe an approach to targeted multi-gene sequencing with combinatorial pooling of samples from BAV patients.BMC Medical Genomics 09/2014; 7(1):56. · 3.91 Impact Factor - SourceAvailable from: Giuseppe LimongelliSiddharth 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, Simon C. Body, Dianna M. Milewicz[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
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.Journal of the American College of Cardiology 08/2014; 64(8):832–839. · 15.34 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Aortic valve disease (AVD) is a growing public health problem, and the pathogenesis underlying AVD is complex. The lack of durable bioprostheses and pharmacologic therapies remain central needs in care. The purpose of this review is to highlight recent clinical studies that impact the care of children with AVD and is to explore ongoing translational research efforts.Current Opinion in Pediatrics 07/2014; · 2.74 Impact Factor
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Valve: A Family-Based Study
Troy J. Calloway,1Lisa J. Martin,2Xue Zhang,2Animesh Tandon,1D. Woodrow Benson,1
and Robert B. Hinton1*
1Division of Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
2Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Received 4 November 2010; Accepted 17 January 2011
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common cardiovascular
malformation and is a risk factor for aortic valve disease (AVD).
AVD typically manifests later in life, and the majority of cases
have BAV. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors
for AVD in individuals with BAV. Families enriched for BAV
were identified in a pediatric population, and echocardiography
was performed on all family members. AVD was identified as
stenosis and/or insufficiency, and BAV morphology was defined
(h2)of AVD and BAV morphology was estimated using variance
used Generalized Estimating Equations methodology (SAS) ad-
justing for age and gender. A total of 1,128 individuals from 226
families were evaluated. BAV was identified in 281 individuals
(25%), and AVD was identified in 167 (59%) individuals with
BAV. Previously, we identified a high heritability for BAV
(h2¼0.89?0.06, P<0.00001), but the heritability of AVD in
the present study (0.07?0.17, P¼0.33) was low. AVD was
significantly associated with BAV morphology (P¼0.0027) and
were more likely to develop AVD. BAV is determined largely by
determined by nongenetic factors. BAV morphology may have
predictive value for the time course of AVD. ? 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Key words: aortic valve morphology; cardiovascular malforma-
tion; heritability
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV, OMIM#109730) is the most common
cardiovascular malformation (CVM), occurring in 1–2% of the
general population, and is a risk factor for aortic valve disease
(AVD) [Roberts, 1970; Ward, 2000; Rajamannan et al., 2003;
Roberts et al., 2005]. AVD (stenosis and/or insufficiency) typically
valve replacement procedures performed each year in the US
[Bonow et al., 2006; Nkomo et al., 2006; Otto, 2006; Rosamond
et al., 2008; Lloyd-Jones et al., 2009]. The majority of AVD cases at
adults with BAV have shown that >20% ultimately develop AVD
requiring intervention [Tzemos et al., 2008]. Two patterns of BAV
almost entirely of those with fusion of the right and non (RN)
coronary cusps [Ward, 2000; Roberts and Ko, 2005]. There have
been conflicting reports regarding the association between BAV
Fernandes et al. [2004] identified an association between RN BAV
and AVD in a pediatric population, while Tzemos et al. [2008]
mately 8%, it remains unclear whether BAV morphology is also
genetically determined and whether it predicts the development of
Study Population
AVD in individuals with BAV using family-based information.
Grant sponsor: National Institutes of Health; Grant numbers: HL069712,
*Correspondence to:
Robert B. Hinton, Division of Cardiology, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati
Children's Hospital Medical Center, 240 Albert Sabin Way, MLC 7020,
Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Published online 7 April 2011 in Wiley Online Library
DOI 10.1002/ajmg.a.33974
How to Cite this Article:
Calloway TJ, Martin LJ, Zhang X, Tandon A,
aortic valvedisease inbicuspidaorticvalve: A
family-based study.
Am J Med Genet Part A 155:1015–1020.
? 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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BAV families were identified at Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Medical Center (CCHMC) from 2003 to 2008 [Cripe et al.,
2004; Hinton et al., 2009]. Families enriched for BAV were identi-
fied by probands with either BAV or hypoplastic left heart syn-
drome (HLHS), a severe form of aortic valve malformation. Our
previous studies have shown that such families have similar recur-
rence risk for BAV [Cripe et al., 2004; Hinton et al., 2007].
Individuals with HLHS were excluded from analysis. Further,
patients with genetic syndromes(e.g., Turnersyndrome),infective
This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at
Phenotype Assessment
Doppler echocardiography on all family members [Cripe et al.,
2004]. BAV was defined as having two cusps instead of three in the
morphology was identified as indeterminate. Those with indeter-
minate morphology were excluded from AVD risk and BAV
morphology heritability analyses. AVD was defined as at least mild
stenosis (mean gradient ?10mmHg), or mild or greater insuffi-
ciency using established qualitative observations [Bonow et al.,
2006; Otto, 2006]. Other CVMs when present were noted. History
of aortic valve intervention (catheter-based or surgical) was deter-
mined from medical record review; in these cases, AVD status was
defined pre-procedure. In some individuals, it was not possible to
these cases, medical records, for example, echocardiogram report,
cardiac catheterization report, and/or operative note during valve
replacement surgery, from outside institutions were relied on for
the diagnosis.
Statistical Analysis
BAV morphology on AVD risk; isolated trivial stenosis or insuffi-
ciency was censored. To account for both intra- and inter-family
variability, a Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE) model was
used. Covariance structure was evaluated, and the unstructured
covariance model was determined to fit the data best. All analyses
were performed using Statistical Analysis Software version 9.2
(SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC). A P-value <0.05 was considered
It has been suggested previously that BAV morphology has
strong genetic determinates [Fernandez et al., 2009]. Thus, to
examine the extent to which the relationship between BAV and
AVD is confounded by shared underlying genetic factors, we also
estimated the heritability (h2; proportion of phenotypic variation
attributable to genetics) of AVD and BAV morphology using
variance components analysis in Sequential Oligogenic Linkage
Analysis Routines (SOLAR). This program was optimal to use in
this study as it can handle diverse pedigree structures. To confirm
segregation patterns, we examined BAV morphology in family
members to determine if the concordance of morphology was
greater than expected by chance. To determine the expected
who both had BAV and whose morphology was known. We then
examined the RL frequency by proband status. We found that
the probands had a lower frequency of RL (66.7) compared
with nonprobands (75.5). Therefore, the expected concordance
rate was calculated as the probability of concordance for RL
(RL frequencyprobands?RL frequencynonprobands) plus the proba-
bility of concordance for RN (RN frequencyprobands?RN
frequencynonprobands). We then used a c2goodness-of-fit test to
compare the observed proportion concordant to the expected
proportion concordant.
Study Population
age?SD, 27?20 years; range, 0–88 years; 41% pediatric [?18
years of age]; 591 [52%] males). There were 281 (25%) family
members with BAV, and 167 (59%) of these had AVD (Table I;
Fig. 1). Among BAV patients, 204 were male (73%, 2.7:1 male/
female),and73hadotherCVMs(TableII).Inaddition, therewere
34 family members with AVD and tricommissural aortic valve
morphology (not BAV). AVD in family members with BAV con-
sisted of 59 (35%) with stenosis, 63 (38%) with insufficiency, and
45 (27%) with both stenosis and insufficiency. Trivial disease was
in 74 (26%), and indeterminate in 47 (17%) individuals. A total of
23/56 had indeterminate morphology (Table I).
Heritability of BAV Morphology and AVD
For the heritability analysis, 940 individuals from 165 families in
whom relationships were genetically verified were included (127
high heritability for BAV (h2¼0.89?0.06, P<0.00001) [Cripe
Further, when restricting the analysis to individuals with BAV
(n¼172), AVD still did not exhibit significant evidence of herita-
bility (h2¼0.23?0.46; P¼0.32). For the heritability analysis of
BAV morphology, we included 178 individuals whose familial
relationships were validated genetically [Hinton et al., 2009].
Overall, the heritability of aortic valve morphology was
0.61?0.21 (P¼0.11). When examining concordance of BAV
morphology, we examined 29 first-degree relative pairs who had
BAV of known morphology. We found 22 concordant pairs,
resulting in a concordance rate of 76%. Based on the frequencies
of RL and RN in probands and nonprobands, we expected 59% of
individuals to be concordant by chance. Using a goodness-of-fit
test, we determined that while this difference was not statistically
significant, it approached significance (P¼0.058). Taken together
these results suggest that there may be a significant but incomplete
genetic basisunderlying BAV morphologyand AVDis determined
largely by nongenetic factors.
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AVD Risk Differs by BAV Morphology
Effects of BAV morphology, age, and gender on AVD risk were
assessed. AVD was significantly associated with BAV morphology
(P¼0.0027) and age (P¼0.0068) (Table I; Fig. 2). No significant
effect of gender was detected (data not shown). There was a
significant interaction between BAV morphology and age in pre-
dicting AVD risk (P¼0.055). The interaction term permits not
only differences in AVD risk by BAV morphology but also allows
RN and RL to have different age trajectories with respect to AVD
of that in RN (95% CI: 9–60%). However, the risk of AVD in
Two additional analyses examining AVD, one including all
instances of trivial disease and one including only moderate or
similar results to the reported analysis (data not shown). Taken
together, these findings demonstrate that BAV with RN morpho-
logy is more likely to manifest AVD in childhood, while BAV with
RL morphology is more likely to manifest AVD in adulthood.
In this cross-sectional study, we identified BAV morphology as an
are more likely to have RL BAV. These findings suggest that
different BAV morphologies may represent different developmen-
tal abnormalities, such that RN morphology predisposes the aortic
in Turner syndrome patients, who have been shown to have an
early in life [Sybert, 1998; Sachdev et al., 2008].
Outcomes of AVD in children haverecently been described, but
the risk factors for AVD in this age group are poorly understood
[Mahle et al., 2010]. Indeed, a National Heart Lung and Blood
Institute Working Group on AVD recently identified the need to
progression of AVD'' [Rajamannan et al., 2009]. From a clinical
perspective, the age-dependent association of BAV morphology
TABLE I. Study Population
Number of patients (%)
RL morphology
18?19; (0–75)
118 (74)
25 (16)
37 (23)
19 (12)
13 (8)
2 (1.3)
107 (67)
53 (33)
47 (29)
RN morphology
14?15; (0–63)
54 (73)
23 (31)
11 (15)
14 (19)
4 (5)
5 (7)
58 (78)
16 (22)
12 (16)
Indeterminate morphology
34?21; (0–69)
32 (68)
11 (23)
14 (30)
12 (26)
21 (45)
0 (0)
14 (30)
33 (70)
14 (30)
Total (n¼281)
20?19; (0–75)
204 (73)
59 (21)
61 (22)
45 (16)
38 (14)
7 (2)
179 (64)
102 (36)
73 (26)
Mean age?SD; (range), years
Male sex
Isolated aortic stenosis
Isolated aortic insufficiency
Stenosis and insufficiency
Aortic valve replacement
Aortic valvuloplasty
Other CVMsa
aIndividuals with more than two CVMs were only counted once.
FIG. 1. Diagram of individuals included in each study group. The
original study group of 1,128 individuals was ultimately broken
analysis (n¼165) and genetic concordance of BAV morphology
(n¼29). [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is
available at wileyonlinelibrary.com]
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and ultimately a better understanding of AVD natural history.
Current recommendations for BAV patients include screening
echocardiograms every 5 years [Bonow et al., 2006]. Given the
results of the present study, surveillance in pediatric patients with
RN morphology every 2 years may identify new AVD in a timelier
manner.Conversely, individuals withRLBAVcould bemonitored
time is relatively low in our model.
Importantly, we also examined the possibility that BAV mor-
phology type may be due to underlying genetic factors having
pleiotropic effects on both BAV morphology and AVD. However,
unlike BAV, which is strongly genetically determined (high
segregation patterns in families that are consistent with strong
genetic determination ofmorphology (moderate heritability),that
is, families with multiple individuals affected with BAV do not all
have the same BAV morphology. Further, when we estimated the
heritability of AVD in our cohort, there was no evidence of
underlying genetic effects (absent to low heritability). Taken to-
gether, these findings suggest that while BAV is determined largely
by genetic effects and is a risk factor for AVD, epigenetic and
environmental factors play a significant role in BAV morphology
and later manifestations of AVD. For these reasons, studies of
epigenetic mechanisms are warranted.
human families we studied is in contrast to findings in animal
TABLE II. CVM in Family Members With BAV
Number of patients (%)
RL morphology
23 (14)
15 (9)
6 (4)
8 (5)
4 (3)
0 (0)
2 (1.3)
1 (0.6)
0 (0)
RN morphology
3 (4)
5 (7)
1 (1.4)
1 (1.4)
1 (1.4)
1 (1.4)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (1.4)
Indeterminate morphology
4 (9)
4 (9)
4 (9)
1 (2)
1 (2)
1 (2)
1 (2)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Coarctation of the aorta
Aortic root dilation
Ventricular septal defect
Mitral valve abnormality
Atrial septal defect
Left-sided vena cava
Subaortic stenosis
Tricuspid valve abnormal
Endocardial fibroelastosis
FIG. 2. Therelativecontributionofgeneticandnongeneticfactorsin
the manifestation of BAV and AVD. Heritability (h2) estimates are
shown as percentage?SD. While BAV is determined largely by
genetic effects (dark blue), the phenotypic variability of AVD is
can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at
FIG. 3. The impact of BAV morphology on the timing of AVD
morphology in individuals with both BAV and AVD. The curves
represent the predicted values of the data points based on our
estimating equations. From these curves, it is clear that RN
more common in adulthood. This pattern is the same in both
proband and family member analyses. Results shown are for
probands (95% CI: [21%, 83%], P-value¼0.0133).
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fromhumansincludeasignificantlyhigher heartrate resulting ina
shorter diastolic component to the cardiac cycle and consequently
during cardiac development, such that different BAV morphology
patterns may predispose to different disease states. Understanding
the cellular and molecular underpinnings of AVD, including the
roles of cells and matrix proteins, may further elucidate this
relationship [Aikawa et al., 2006; Hinton et al., 2006]. Taken
together,these findingsare consistent with human geneticsstudies
that identify aortic valve malformation as a complex trait, but
demonstrate that associated disease states, that is AVD, are deter-
et al., 2009].
has notable limitations. The majority of BAVs were identified in
pediatric patients presenting with AVD resulting in an ascertain-
ment bias. There was an unusually high frequency of BAV with
on medical records from nonlocal family members (74%) and
inclusion of patients with a history of aortic valve replacement
older age (Fig. 3) may be due in part to attrition secondary to an
AVD risk analysis, there was an inadequate sample size to stratify
we do not have detailed information pertaining to potentially
tension, and diabetes mellitus, and this should be considered in
future studies. Nonetheless, family-based data provide a unique
cross-sectional perspective on a latent disease phenotype that is
difficult to study using a longitudinal study design.
In summary, BAV morphology may predict the timing of AVD
onset, that is, individuals with RN BAV are more likely to develop
AVD as children, while individuals with RLBAV aremore likely to
develop AVD as adults. Further, while BAV has a strong genetic
component, BAV morphology appears to be only moderately
influenced by genetic factors; moreover, inheritance of AVD is not
consistent with underlying Mendelian segregation. Thus, these
studies suggest that the relationship between AVD and BAV and
its morphology is not due to shared underlying genetic influences.
explain the increased risk of AVD in BAV patients.
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