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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD590>{{Ref PBoD|590}}</ref> | Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD590>{{Ref PBoD|590}}</ref> | ||
* | *Dystrophic calcification<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Novaro | first1 = GM. | last2 = Griffin | first2 = BP. | title = Calcific aortic stenosis: another face of atherosclerosis? | journal = Cleve Clin J Med | volume = 70 | issue = 5 | pages = 471-7 | month = May | year = 2003 | doi = | PMID = 12779138 | URL = http://www.ccjm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12779138 }}</ref> - affects the valsalva side of the valve. | ||
**It affects the fibrosa. | **It affects the fibrosa. | ||
*Primarily at the base of the valve, i.e. there is relative sparing the free edge. | *Primarily at the base of the valve, i.e. there is relative sparing the free edge. | ||