Medial degeneration does not involve uniformly the whole ascending aorta: Morphological, biochemical and clinical correlations

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 675-682

  Agozzino, L ^a   Ferraraccio, F ^a   Esposito, S ^a   Trocciola, A ^a   Parente, A ^a   Della Corte, A ^a   De Feo, M ^a   Cotrufo, M ^a,b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic dilatation; Aortic valve disease; Bi dimensional electrophoresis; Medial degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA INJURY; AORTA MEDIA; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; APOPTOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036210962     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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