The earliest description of calcific aortic stenosis is attributed to the French physician Lazare
Rivière who, in 1663, reported the necropsy findings from a patient with palpitations …

Urolithiasis has been a documented medical affliction since at least ancient Egyptian
civilization, 1 and continues to be responsible for an increasing number of practitioner visits …

Calcific aortic valve stenosis is the result of regulated cell processes. The histological
hallmarks are inflammation and a remodelling of the extracellular matrix leading to bone …

The etiology of dental pulp stones, one type of extraskeletal calcification disease, remains
elusive to date. Calcifying nanoparticles (CNPs), formerly referred to as nanobacteria, were …

Aortic stenosis is the most common valvulopathy in the Western world. Its prevalence has
increased significantly in recent years due to population aging; hence, up to 8% of …

Mineralo-organic nanoparticles form spontaneously in human body fluids when the
concentrations of calcium and phosphate ions exceed saturation. We have shown …

Calcific aortic stenosis is a frequent degenerative disease, which represents the most
common indication for adult heart valve surgery, and carries substantial morbidity and …

Putative living entities called nanobacteria (NB) are unusual for their small sizes (50–500
nm), pleomorphic nature, and accumulation of hydroxyapatite (HAP), and have been …

Due to the increased morbidity and mortality resulting from heart valve diseases, there is a
growing demand for off-the-shelf implantable tissue engineered heart valves (TEHVs) …

Study Design. This study measured the frequency of lumbar intervertebral disc nucleus
pulposus microscopic calcification and angiogenesis in adult patients undergoing …