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‘Porcelain aorta’: a proposed definition and classification of ascending aortic calcification

INTRODUCTION: ‘Porcelain aorta’ is listed in the second consensus document of the Valve Academic Research Consortium as a risk factor in aortic valve replacement. However, the extent of circumferential involvement is poorly defined with great variability in reported incidence. We present a simple, r...

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Autores principales: Snow, Thomas, Semple, Thomas, Duncan, Alison, Barker, Sarah, Rubens, Michael, DiMario, Carlo, Davies, Simon, Moat, Neil, Nicol, Edward David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5786940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29387428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2017-000703