Aortic valve sclerosis as a marker of coronary artery atherosclerosis; A multicenter study of a large population with a low prevalence of coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 364-367

  Rossi, Andrea ^a   Gaibazzi, Nicola ^b   Dandale, Raje ^a   Agricola, Eustachio ^c   Moreo, Antonella ^d   Berlinghieri, Nicola ^e   Sartorio, Daniele ^b   Loffi, Marco ^c   De Chiara, Benedetta ^d   Rigo, Fausto ^f   Vassanelli, Corrado ^a   Faggiano, Pompilio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^e Civil Hospital of Brescia   (Italy)

^f OSPEDALE DELL'ANGELO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic valve sclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Organic mitral regurgitation

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTIC VALVE SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLAIL MITRAL LEAFLET; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; AORTA VALVE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROSIS;

AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84900637523     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.01.024     Document Type: Article

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