Aim of this study was to investigate heart valve calcification process by different biomineralogical techniques to provide morphological and chemical features of the ectopic deposit extracted from patients with severe mitral and aortic valve stenosis, to better evaluate this pathological process. Polarized light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy analyses brought to light the presence of nodular and massive mineralization forms characterized by different levels of calcification, as well as the presence of submicrometric calcified globular cluster, micrometric cavities containing disorganized tissue structures, and submillimeter pockets formed by organic fibers very similar to amyloid formations. Electron microprobe analyses showed variable concentrations of Ca and P within each deposit and the highest content of Ca and P within calcified tricuspid aortic valves, while powder X-ray diffraction analyses indicated in the nanometer range the dimension of the pathological bioapatit
Morphological and chemical study of pathological deposits in human aortic and mitral valve stenosis. A biomineralogical contribution / Cottignoli, Valentina; Cavarretta, Elena; Salvador, L; Valfré, C; Maras, Adriana. - In: PATHOLOGY RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL. - ISSN 2042-003X. - ELETTRONICO. - (2015). [10.1155/2015/342984]
Morphological and chemical study of pathological deposits in human aortic and mitral valve stenosis. A biomineralogical contribution
COTTIGNOLI, VALENTINA;CAVARRETTA, Elena;MARAS, Adriana
2015
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Aim of this study was to investigate heart valve calcification process by different biomineralogical techniques to provide morphological and chemical features of the ectopic deposit extracted from patients with severe mitral and aortic valve stenosis, to better evaluate this pathological process. Polarized light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy analyses brought to light the presence of nodular and massive mineralization forms characterized by different levels of calcification, as well as the presence of submicrometric calcified globular cluster, micrometric cavities containing disorganized tissue structures, and submillimeter pockets formed by organic fibers very similar to amyloid formations. Electron microprobe analyses showed variable concentrations of Ca and P within each deposit and the highest content of Ca and P within calcified tricuspid aortic valves, while powder X-ray diffraction analyses indicated in the nanometer range the dimension of the pathological bioapatitFile | Dimensione | Formato | |
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