Identification of surface morphologic changes in the mitral valve leaflets and chordae tendineae of dogs with myxomatous degeneration

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 198-206

  Corcoran, Brendan M ^a   Black, Alexander ^b   Anderson, Heather ^c   McEwan, Joanna Dukes ^a,d   French, Anne ^a   Smith, Paul ^a   Devine, Craig ^a  

^a Hospital for Small Animals   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL LOSS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHORDA TENDINEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; HEART MYXOMA; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; ENDOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHORDA;

ANIMALS; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDOCARDITIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 1542319112     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.198     Document Type: Article

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