Pathological Investigation of Congenital Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis, Compared with Atherosclerotic Tricuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis and Congenital Bicuspid Aortic Valve Regurgitation.

Congenital bicuspid aortic valve (CBAV) is the main cause of aortic stenosis (AS) in young adults. However, the histopathological features of AS in patients with CBAV have not been fully investigated.We examined specimens of aortic valve leaflets obtained from patients who had undergone aortic valve...

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Main Authors: Yasuhiro Hamatani, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, Toshiyuki Nagai, Yasuo Sugano, Hideaki Kanzaki, Satoshi Yasuda, Tomoyuki Fujita, Junjiro Kobayashi, Toshihisa Anzai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4968844?pdf=render