Asymmetric medial degeneration of the intrapericardial aorta in aortic valve disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-41

  Cotrufo, Maurizio ^a,b   De Santo, Luca S ^a   Esposito, Salvatore ^a   Renzulli, Attilio ^a   Della Corte, Alessandro ^a   De Feo, Marisa ^a   Marra, Claudio ^a   Agozzino, Lucio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic valve disease; Ascending aortic dilatation; Medial degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPSY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0034750153     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(01)00526-5     Document Type: Article

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