Aortic valve leaflets and necrotic-appearing thymic lymph node tissue were submitted for histology and special stains. Cultures were negative and histology did not show evidence of infection. Tissue ...

however it is well known that pathology of the aortic media is involved as well and is a prerequisite in most non-traumatic aortic dissections. Connective tissue disorders such as Marfan’s ...

Background Aortic stiffness may be associated with an increased incidence of cardiovascular events and has been reported to be related to arterial wall motion velocities as measured by tissue Doppler ...

Objective Aortic stenosis (AS) shares pathophysiological similarities with atherosclerosis including active inflammation. CT attenuation of perivascular adipose tissue provides a measure of vascular ...

After sacrifice, the device-containing segments of the aorta were processed for histology and resorption analyses ... Conclusions In a limited number of explants, notable resorption of the BRFDs did ...