Pathological analysis of the aortic valve after long-term left ventricular assist device support

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 193-197

  Hata, Hiroki ^a   Fujita, Tomoyuki ^a   Ishibashi ueda, Hatsue ^a   Nakatani, Takeshi ^a   Kobayashi, Junjiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic commissural fusion; Aortic insufficiency; Heart transplantation; Left ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL PULSATILE DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905489443     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt559     Document Type: Article

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