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The relationship between serum apelin levels and aortic dilatation in bicuspid aortic valve patients^*

Ersin Çagrı Şimşek¹, Selcen Yakar Tülüce², Kamil Tülüce³, Sadık Volkan Emren², Serap Çuhadar⁴, Cem Nazlı²

1 Department of Cardiology, University of Health Science, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
2 Department of Cardiology, Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
3 Department of Cardiology, Çiğli Regional Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
4 Department of Biochemistry, Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

* Corresponding Author: Ersin Çagri Şimşek, MD, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Guney Mah.1140/1 Sk. no: 1 Yenisehir/Konak, Izmir 35170, Turkey. Email: