Endothelial factors in the pathogenesis of aortic valve stenosis

Abstract Calcified aortic valve disease represents a spectrum of disease spanning from mild aortic valve sclerosis to severe aortic valve stenosis (AS), being an actively regulated disease process and showing some hallmarks of atherosclerosis. The calcified aortic valve lesion develops endothelial...

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Main Author: Peltonen, T. (Tuomas)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Oulu 2008
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Online Access:http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514289880
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:9789514289880