Commentary: Osteogenic Metaplasia of the Aortic Valve. Do Bacteria, Diabetes, and Dyslipidemia Play a Role?

Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Winter;34(4):1178-1179. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.11.002. Epub 2021 Nov 10.

Authors

Aleksander Dokollari¹, Michel Pompeu Sá², Serge Sicouri², Basel Ramlawi², Gianluca Torregrossa², Massimo Bonacchi³

Affiliations

¹ CARIM, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Lankenau Heart Institute, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania; Department of Cardiac Surgery Research, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
³ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy.

PMID: 34774769
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.11.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / surgery
Aortic Valve Stenosis*
Bacteria
Cells, Cultured
Diabetes Mellitus* / diagnosis
Dyslipidemias* / diagnosis
Humans
Metaplasia
Treatment Outcome