Trace element changes in sclerotic heart valves from patients undergoing aortic valve surgery

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-24

  Nyström Rosander, Christina ^a   Lindh, Ulf ^c,d   Thelin, Stefan ^a   Lindquist, Olle ^c   Friman, Göran ^a   Ilbäck, Nils Gunnar ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Centre for Metal Biology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aortic valve sclerosis; Inflammation; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRACE ELEMENTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035986171     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:88:1:09     Document Type: Article

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