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Calcific aortic stenosis: Another face of atherosclerosis?

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Topic: Aortic stenosis
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Sort Desciption: CLEVELAND CLINIC JOURNAL OF MEDICINE VOLUME 70 NUMBER 5 MAY 2003 471 ALCIFIC AORTIC STENOSIS has a lot in common with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.

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ALCIFIC AORTIC STENOSIS has a lot in common with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. So can lipid-lowering statin drugs stop it? Historically, calcific aortic stenosis was thought to result from aging and wear and tear of the aortic valve.1,2Hence it was designated degenerative or senile-type. This perception is changing. Over the last decade, a growing understanding of the risk factors for calcific aortic stenosis and of its histologic characteristics have led to new insights into how it develops.

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