The Haemodynamic and Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

Biomedicines. 2022 Jun 3;10(6):1317. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10061317.

Authors

Lydia Hanna^{1

2}, Chlöe Armour³, Xiao Yun Xu³, Richard Gibbs^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Imperial Vascular Unit, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London W2 1NY, UK.
² Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
³ Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.

Abstract

The aortic valve (AoV) is the outflow valve for the left heart [...].

Keywords: aortic stenosis; calcific aortic valve disease; valvular endothelial cells; valvular interstitial cells.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

Infrastructure for this project was provided by Imperial NIHR BRC.