Pathogenetic significance of myxomatous degeneration in fenestration-related massive aortic regurgitation

Circulation Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 439-443

  Akiyama, Kazuya ^a,b   Hirota, Jun ^a   Taniyasu, Naohito ^a   Maisawa, Kazuma ^a   Kobayashi, Yutaka ^a   Tsuda, Masatoshi ^a  

^a Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic annular enlargement; Aortic valve regurgitation; Fenestration; Fibrous cord; Myxomatous degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FENESTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2442701281     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.68.439     Document Type: Article

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