The nature of cardiac calcification in aortic stenosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 319-321

  Holmgren, Anders ^a   Rumsby, Gill ^b   Gustafsson, Sandra ^a   Näslund, Ulf ^a   Henein, Michael Y ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Calcific aortic valve disease; Calcium phosphate; Cardiac calcification; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84862192315     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.04.142     Document Type: Article

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