Pathophysiology of valvular heart disease

Valvular heart disease (VHD) is caused by either damage or defect in one of the four heart valves, aortic, mitral, tricuspid or pulmonary. Defects in these valves can be congenital or acquired. Age, gender, tobacco use, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and type II diabetes contribute to the risk...

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Main Authors: ZENG, YI, SUN, RONGRONG, LI, XIANCHI, LIU, MIN, CHEN, SHUANG, ZHANG, PEIYING
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: D.A. Spandidos 2016
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4812598/
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