Consensus statement on surgical pathology of the aorta from the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology: I. Inflammatory diseases

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 267-278

  Stone, James R ^a   Bruneval, Patrick ^b   Angelini, Annalisa ^c   Bartoloni, Giovanni ^d   Basso, Cristina ^c   Batoroeva, Lubov ^e   Buja, L Maximilian ^f   Butany, Jagdish ^g   D'Amati, Giulia ^h   Fallon, John T ⁱ   Gittenberger De Groot, Adriana C ^j   Gouveia, Rosa H ^k   Halushka, Marc K ^l   Kelly, Karen L ^m   Kholova, Ivana ⁿ   Leone, Ornella ^o   Litovsky, Silvio H ^p   Maleszewski, Joseph J ^q   Miller, Dylan V ^r   Mitchell, Richard N ^s   Preston, Stephen D ^t   Pucci, Angela ^u   Radio, Stanley J ^v   Rodriguez, E Rene ^w   Sheppard, Mary N ^x   Suvarna, S Kim ^y   Tan, Carmela D ^w   Thiene, Gaetano ^c   Van Der Wal, Allard C ^z   Veinot, John P ^aa   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^g TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

ⁱ NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^j LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^k HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

^l JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ FIMLAB LABORATORIES   (Finland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^q MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^s BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^t PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^w LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^x ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^y SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^z UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Aorta; Aortitis; Atherosclerosis; Inflammatory aneurysm

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LIPID STORAGE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MYCOSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID VASCULITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; AORTA; INFLAMMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL;

EID: 84940724833     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: 18791336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2015.05.001     Document Type: Review

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