Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 228-235 , July 2010

High prevalence of amyloid in 150 surgically removed heart valves—a comparison of histological and clinical data reveals a correlation to atheroinflammatory conditions

  • Arnt V. Kristen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Tel.: +49 6221 568611; fax: +49 6221 564105.
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  • Philipp A. Schnabel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Bettina Winter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Burkhard M. Helmke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Thomas Longerich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Stefan Hardt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Achim Koch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Falk-Udo Sack

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Hugo A. Katus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Reinhold P. Linke

      Affiliations

    • Reference Center of Amyloid Diseases, amYmed, Am Klopferspitz 19, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Thomas J. Dengler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.

Received 1 August 2008 ,Revised 3 April 2009 ,Accepted 14 April 2009.

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PII: S1054-8807(09)00035-0

doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2009.04.005

Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 228-235 , July 2010

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