Histological and genetic studies in patients with bicuspid aortic valve and ascending aorta complications

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 300-306

  Pisano, Calogera ^a   Maresi, Emiliano ^a   Balistreri, Carmela Rita ^a   Candore, Giuseppina ^a   Merlo, Daniele ^a   Fattouch, Khalil ^a   Bianco, Giuseppe ^a   Ruvolo, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Bicuspid aortic valve; Dissection

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DNA; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; METALLOPROTEINASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BUTTON BENTALL OPERATION; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SURGICAL APPROACH; TISSUE SECTION;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863426892     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivr114     Document Type: Article

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