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Association Between Serum Leptin Level and Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

BACKGROUND: The pathophysiological process of calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is similar to that of atherosclerosis. Leptin accelerates the process of atherosclerosis. We sought to examine the relationship between leptin and CAVD. METHODS AND RESULTS: Serum leptin was measured in 397 consecutiv...

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Autores principales: Liu, Yehong, Gu, Yuying, Shen, Ying, Lin, Bowen, Li, Ying, He, Xiaoyan, Zhang, Yibo, Lu, Lin, Shen, Weifeng, Zhang, Qi, Yang, Ke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6806045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31566104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.012495