Aortic medial changes associated with bicuspid aortic valve: Myth or reality?

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1233-1238

  Parai, J L ^a,b   Masters, R G ^b   Walley, V M ^c   Stinson, W A ^a,b   Veinot, J P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic valve; Elasticity; Imaging; Necrosis; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; CADAVER; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033457322     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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