Number of calcified aortic valve leaflets: natural history and prognostic value in patients undergoing haemodialysis.
Shimon KurasawaMasaki OkazakiTakahiro ImaizumiToru KondoManabu HishidaNobuhiro NishiboriYuki TakedaHirotake KasugaShoichi MaruyamaPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2023)
The number of calcified aortic valve leaflets strongly predicted AS development and even mortality in patients undergoing haemodialysis, suggesting the usefulness of assessing calcification for each valve leaflet separately using echocardiography.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- patients undergoing
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic stenosis
- end stage renal disease
- aortic valve replacement
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- left ventricular
- computed tomography
- cardiovascular events
- pulmonary hypertension
- risk factors
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- mitral valve
- atrial fibrillation