Focus on the unique mechanisms involved in thoracic aortic aneurysm formation in bicuspid aortic valve versus tricuspid aortic valve patients: Clinical implications of a pilot study

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Balistreri, Carmela Rita ^a   Pisano, Calogera ^a   Candore, Giuseppina ^a   Maresi, Emiliano ^a   Codispoti, Massimiliano ^b   Ruvolo, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bicuspid aortic valve; Clinical implications; Identifying different genetic and histological profiles; Thoracic aortic aneurysm; Tricuspid aortic valve

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GELATINASE B; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AORTA VALVE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TRICUSPID AORTIC VALVE;

BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS; IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT GENETIC AND HISTOLOGICAL PROFILES; THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM; TRICUSPID AORTIC VALVE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; APOPTOSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 84878256750     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs630     Document Type: Article

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