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Echocardiographic Approaches and Protocols for Comprehensive Phenotypic Characterization of Valvular Heart Disease in Mice
Published on: February 14, 2017
[Epidemiology and etiology of acquired heart valve diseases in adults]
1Département de cardiologie Hôpital Sud 80054 Amiens. CardioB@Burotec.fr
Abstract:
Acquired valvular heart disease remains common. Their causes have changed during the past 30 years with the increase in life expectancy and with the decrease in the incidence of rheumatic fever. Calcific aortic stenosis is currently the predominant cause, followed by left heart valvular regurgitations due to degenerative disease and infective endocarditis. Post-radiation valvular disease might become more frequent in the future. More recently, left heart valvular diseases were observed in the United States in patients treated by anorexigen treatment.
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