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Identification and Characterization of Aortic Valve Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells with Robust Osteogenic Calcification Potential

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Statins Block Calcific Nodule Formation of Valvular Interstitial Cells by Inhibiting α-Smooth Muscle Actin Expression

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Vascular calcification and bone disease: the calcification paradox

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Cofilin is a marker of myofibroblast differentiation in cells from porcine aortic cardiac valves

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Efficacy of Simvastatin Treatment of Valvular Interstitial Cells Varies With the Extracellular Environment

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Inhibition of calcifying nodule formation in cultured porcine aortic valve cells by nitric oxide donors

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Intensive Lipid Lowering with Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis

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Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Inhibits Transforming Growth Factor β–Induced Smad Signaling and Myofibroblast Transformation in Mouse Cardiac Fibroblasts

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