Decalcification of the aortic valve does not prevent early recalcification

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-26

  Dahm, Manfred ^a   Dohmen, Guido ^a   Groh, Elke ^a   Krummenauer, Frank ^a   Hafner, Gerd ^a   Mayer, Eckhard ^a   Hake, Ullrich ^a   Oelert, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AORTIC VALVE; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMANS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0033984177     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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