Aortic valve assessment. Anatomical study of 100 healthy human hearts

PURPOSE: To assess anatomical characteristics of the aortic valve, so that they may be useful in diagnostic situations and surgical treatment. METHODS: The study analyzed 100 healthy fixed human hearts; 84% of them obtained from males, 61% of them from Caucasian individuals. The ages of the individu...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Biscegli Jatene, Rosangela Monteiro, Maria Helena Guimarães, Siomara Christina Veronezi, Márcia Kyiomi Koike, Fabio Biscegli Jatene, Adib Domingos Jatene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 1999-07-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X1999000700007