Epidemiology and cardiovascular risk factors of aortic stenosis

The abnormalities of aortic valve morphology and function represent the most common cardiac-valve lesion particularly in elderly. The etiology of aortic stenosis is degenerative-calcific in the majority of patients. Many risk factors seems to be linked to the calcification and the stenosis of the ao...

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Autores principales: Faggiano, Pompilio, Antonini-Canterin, Francesco, Baldessin, Ferdinando, Lorusso, Roberto, D'Aloia, Antonio, Cas, Livio Dei
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16813661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-4-27
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Sumario:The abnormalities of aortic valve morphology and function represent the most common cardiac-valve lesion particularly in elderly. The etiology of aortic stenosis is degenerative-calcific in the majority of patients. Many risk factors seems to be linked to the calcification and the stenosis of the aortic valve but they must be confirmed. In this review the etiology and the possible physiopathology of the aortic valve stenosis is discussed.

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