A high association of aortic valve sclerosis detected by transthoracic echocardiography with coronary arteriosclerosis

Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 322-330

  Sui, Shu Jian ^a   Ren, Man Yi ^a   Xu, Fu Yu ^a   Zhang, Yun ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aortic valve sclerosis; Coronary arteriosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA INJURY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTIC VALVE SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIPID STORAGE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 36248992981     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099103     Document Type: Article

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