Differentiating the aging of the mitral valve from human and canine myxomatous degeneration

Journal of Veterinary Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-45

  Connell, Patrick S ^a   Han, Richard I ^b   Grande Allen, K Jane ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Innervation; Remodeling; Valvular endothelial cells; Valvular interstitial cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CATHEPSIN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; GELATINASE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PROTEOGLYCAN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 3; VIMENTIN;

AGING; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPRESSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COW; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART INNERVATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MYXOMA; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MITRAL VALVE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84858451070     PISSN: 17602734     EISSN: 18750834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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