Journal
JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 44, Issue 4, Pages 622-631Publisher
CONSULTANTS BUREAU
DOI: 10.1023/B:JORY.0000017938.42883.9f
Keywords
bioapatite; heart valve; pathogenic mineralization
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The chemical and phase composition of pathogenic minerals formed on human heart valves (cardiolytes) has been studied. It is shown that cardiolytes are organomineral aggregates, whose mineral component is represented by nonstoichiometric carbonate-containing hydroxyl apatites with a variable Ca/P atomic ratio.
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