Characteristics of TAV- and BAV-associated thoracic aortic aneurysms—Smooth muscle cell biology, expression profiling, and histological analyses
Authors:
- Barbara MessnerBarbara Messner
- Thomas AschacherTAThomas Aschacher
- Iris ZellerIZIris Zeller
- Adrian TürkcanATAdrian Türkcan
- Dominik WiedemannDominik Wiedemann
- Martin AndreasMAMartin Andreas
- Gert BlüschkeGBGert Blüschke
- Günther LauferGLGünther Laufer
- Thomas SchachnerTSThomas Schachner
- David BernhardDBDavid Bernhard
- 1 February 2012
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Atherosclerosis
- Vol. 220 (2) , 355-361
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