Strong association between activated valvular interstitial cells and histopathological lesions in porcine model of induced mitral regurgitation

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
• ² Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• ³ Novo Nordisk A/S, Maaloev, Denmark.
• ⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
• ⁵ Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
• ⁶ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
• ⁷ Department of Clinical Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• ⁸ Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
• ⁹ Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• ¹⁰ Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark. Electronic address: lihol@sund.ku.dk.