A comprehensive study of calcific aortic stenosis: from rabbit to human samples

• Main Authors: Laura Mourino-Alvarez (Author), Montserrat Baldan-Martin (Author), Tamara Sastre-Oliva (Author), Marta Martin-Lorenzo (Author), Aroa Sanz Maroto (Author), Nerea Corbacho-Alonso (Author), Raul Rincon (Author), Tatiana Martin-Rojas (Author), Luis Fernando Lopez-Almodovar (Author), Gloria Alvarez-Llamas (Author), Fernando Vivanco (Author), Luis Rodriguez Padial (Author), Fernando de la Cuesta (Author), Maria Gonzalez Barderas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The global incidence of calcific aortic stenosis (CAS) is increasing owing, in part, to a growing elderly population. The condition poses a great challenge to public health, because of the multiple comorbidities of these older patients. Using a rabbit model of CAS, we sought to characterize protein...