Different patterns of extracellular matrix protein expression in the convexity and the concavity of the dilated aorta with bicuspid aortic valve: Preliminary results

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 504.e1-504.e9

  Cotrufo, Maurizio ^a   Della Corte, Alessandro ^a,d   De Santo, Luca S ^a   Quarto, Cesare ^a   De Feo, Marisa ^a   Romano, Gianpaolo ^b   Amarelli, Cristiano ^b   Scardone, Michelangelo ^b   Di Meglio, Franca ^c   Guerra, Germano ^c   Scarano, Maria ^c   Vitale, Serena ^c   Castaldo, Clotilde ^c   Montagnani, Stefania ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; FIBRONECTIN; MESSENGER RNA; SCLEROPROTEIN; TENASCIN;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; ORGAN DONOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE SECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 23044468340     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.01.016     Document Type: Article

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