Background Aortic valve calcification (AVC) is a disease process driven by inflammation and lipid infiltration, serving as a ...

(UPDATED) Lipoprotein(a) is associated with the development of aortic valve calcification (AVC), but the atherogenic lipoprotein does not appear to be linked to the progression of calcification over ...

Older women randomly assigned a daily 1.2 g calcium supplement for 5 years were no more likely to develop abdominal aortic calcification vs. similar women assigned placebo, according to study data ...

Lipoprotein(a) is not associated with active calcification of the aortic valve in patients with mild-to-moderate aortic stenosis, according to a study presented this week at the European ...

Abdominal aortic calcification, which can be detected using a standard radiograph of the lateral abdomen, is a predictor of cardiovascular mortality in the general population. Researchers have ...

Incidental calcification in the aorta has been commonly ignored. A 42-year-old white man with a family history of CVD (the father suffered an MI in his 50s) demonstrated calcium of the aorta on x-ray ...

Patients with severe aortic valve calcification had a higher time interval measured between peak left ventricular and peak aortic systolic pressure peaks, according to a study published in JAMA ...

Aortic calcification may lead to arterial degradation that increases the risk for acute kidney injury, according to investigators. High aortic calcification burden is a novel risk factor for acute ...

Patients who form calcium kidney stones are more likely to have higher abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) and lower vertebral bone mineral density (BMD) scores than those who do not develop kidney ...

(CHICAGO) –Bone-like cells similar to the cells found in the skeleton calcify in the heart's aortic valve and are responsible for the blockages that lead to the need for open-heart surgery to replace ...

In patients greater than age 65, more than 90% of aortic stenosis involves trileaflet valves which have developed heavy calcification. [5] In these instances the calcium deposits are thought to alter ...