Sex-specific correlates of valvular and arterial calcification burden in patients with moderate aortic stenosis.

Marianne DeslandesAmélie PaquinEzequiel GuzzettiJonathan BeaudoinAlexandra BarriaultErwan SalaunMarie-Annick Clavel

Published in: Open heart (2022)

In AS, factors associated with cardiac valvular and arterial calcification differ between sexes, suggesting an important contributory role of sex in the pathophysiology of these calcifying processes.

Keyphrases

aortic stenosis
aortic valve
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
left ventricular
aortic valve replacement
ejection fraction
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
atrial fibrillation
chronic kidney disease
oral anticoagulants
coronary artery disease
risk factors