Fatty Infiltration of an Aortic Valve Graham T. Meredith, MBBS, Fabio Ramponi, MD, James P. Scurry, MBBS, Taranpreet Singh, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 96, Issue 2, Pages 697-699 (August 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.061 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Longitudinal section of portion of aortic cusp with attachment to the aortic annulus on the right. Much of the spongiosa is replaced by mature fat (arrow). Hematoxylin and eosin stain; magnification ×200. (B) S-100 positive staining confirming adipocytes. Immunoperoxidase stain; magnification ×400. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 697-699DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.061) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions