Lipoprotein(a) has no major impact on calcification activity in patients with mild to moderate aortic valve stenosis.

Yannick KaiserNick S NurmohamedJeffrey KroonHein J VerberneEvangelos TzolosMarc Richard DweckAernout G SomsenBenoit J ArsenaultErik S G StroesKang H ZhengS Matthijs Boekholdt

Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2021)

Among patients with mild to moderate AS, calcification activity is predominantly determined by established calcium burden. The results do not support our hypothesis that Lp(a) is associated with valvular 18F-NaF uptake.

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