Ultrastructural characterization of calcification onset and progression in subdermally implanted aortic valves. Histochemical and spectrometric data

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 261-272

  Ortolani, F ^a   Bonetti, A ^a   Tubaro, F ^a   Petrelli, L ^a   Contin, M ^a   Nori, S L ^b   Spina, M ^c   Marchini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic valve calcification; Cuprolinic blue; Subdermal model; Ultrastructural cell degeneration; von Kossa

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COPPER; COPPER DERIVATIVE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; PHTHALOCYANINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE SECTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILVER STAINING; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846286826     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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