Histopathological grading of ascending aortic aneurysm: Comparison of patients with bicuspid versus tricuspid aortic valve

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-61

  Bechtel, J F Matthias ^a   Noack, Frank ^b   Sayk, Friedhelm ^b   Erasmi, Armin W ^a   Bartels, Claus ^a   Sievers, Hans Hinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MITRAL VALVE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 12244311864     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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