Items for "valvular heart disease"

Antioxidant capacity of the human pericardial fluid: does gender have a role?

The aim of the present study was to assess the antioxidant capacity in the serum and pericardial fluid of patients undergoing heart surgery for coronary heart disease (CHD) or valvular heart disease (VHD) and to find out whether there are gender-related differences in the antioxidant defense...

Keywords: antioxidant capacity, coronary heart disease, gender differences, pericardial fluid, valvular heart disease