ABSENCE OF AORTIC VALVE CALCIFICATION IN NONAGENARIANS; CLINICAL, LABORATORY AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CORRELATES

Autor: Eddy Barasch, Simcha Pollack, Sabrina Sawhney, Muhammad S. Akhter, Dvorah Holtzman, Florentina Petillo, Peter Dong-Yul Rhee, Kanna Posina, Nathaniel Reichek
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 59(13)
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(12)62010-5
Popis: The expected relationship between increased calcium deposition on the aortic valve (AV) with advanced age is not always found. We sought to determine the prevalence of lack of AV calcification and its association with demographic, clinical and basic laboratory variables in a group of nonagenarians
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