Aortic Valve Sclerosis in High-Risk Coronary Artery Disease Patients.

ABSTRACT: Background: Current knowledge regarding the relationship between aortic valve sclerosis (AVSc), cardiovascular risk factors, and mortality in patients with known coronary artery disease (CAD) is still unclear. The present study aimed at investigating the prevalence of AVSc as well as its association with long-term all-cause mortality in high-risk CAD patients that has never been explored in large cohorts thus far. Methods and Results: In this retrospective and observational cohort study we enrolled high-risk CAD patients, hospitalized at Centro Cardiologico Monzino (CCM), Milan, Italy, between January 2006 and December 2016. The morphology and function of the aortic valve were assessed from the recorded echocardiographic images to evaluate the presence of AVSc, defined as a n

SUBMITTER: Myasoedova VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8354333 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature