Ascending aortic aneurysms in unicommissural aortic valve disease

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-18

  Butany, Jagdish ^a,b   Vaideeswar, Pradeep ^a,c   Dixit, Vidya ^a,d   Lad, Vidyadhar ^a   Vegas, Annette ^a   David, Tirone E ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aortic valve; Ascending aorta; Unicuspid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYST; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GENDER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNICA MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049154024     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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