Sex-dependent aortic valve pathology in patients with rheumatic heart disease.

Sex-dependent aortic valve pathology in patients with rheumatic heart disease.

<h4>Background</h4>Rheumatic heart disease is an autoimmune disease caused by group A streptococci infection and frequently affects the aortic valve. Sex differences are common in the disease progression, treatment, and outcome. However, little is known about the sex differences in the p...

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Main Authors: Feng Xiao, Rui Zheng, Di Yang, Kejiang Cao, Shijiang Zhang, Bingruo Wu, Yongfeng Shao, Bin Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0180230&type=printable
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