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March 1, 1967Heart166 citationsOpen Access

Ageing changes in human heart valves.

APAriela Pomerance

Key Points

  • To assess the changes in human heart valves due to ageing and their implications for pathology.
  • Review of necropsy findings in elderly patients
  • Historical analysis of previous studies on heart valve changes
  • Comparison of data from two major studies conducted in 1931 and 1964.
  • Few studies exist on ageing changes in heart valves, indicating a gap in knowledge.
  • The previous studies focused mainly on younger age groups under 70, leaving a lack of research on elderly populations.
  • Previous findings mentioned early changes but did not provide comprehensive data on significant ageing effects.

Abstract

With the increasing number of necropsies on elderly patients, knowledge of ageing changes is becoming important for assessment of pathological findings. Few studies on these changes in human heart valves exist. Gross and Kugel (1931), des- cribing the topographic anatomy and histology, briefly mention findings in the elderly, and more recently McMillan and Lev (1964) studied ageing in 200 human hearts. Their paper dealt mainly with early changes; 44 cases were under 1 year of age, none was over 85, and only 18 were over 70.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a13f002c4c5e9e518626fa6https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.29.2.222
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