Elastic fiber abnormalities associated with a leaflet perforation in floppy mitral valve

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 460-466

  Tamura, Koichi ^a   Fukuda, Yuh ^a   Ferrans, Victor J ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPIONITRILE; PROTEIN LYSINE 6 OXIDASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORDA TENDINEA; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ELASTIC FIBER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; ELASTIC TISSUE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0031825484     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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