title: [Differences between degenerative (non-inflammatory) calcinosis- related stenosis of the aortic valve and the rheumatic calcinosis- induced aortic valve stenosis].
abstract: Calcified aortic valves were detected in 109 patients studied in hospital by an echocardiographic method (2D- and M-scanning). It was found that, unlike rheumatism, calcification starting in the aortic annulus and semilunar bases might result in formation of degenerative (non-inflammatory) calcific aortic stenosis. The latter differs from rheumatic aortic stenosis in commissural fusions. The authors defined clinical and echocardiographic differentially diagnostic criteria for degenerative (non-inflammatory) and rheumatic (inflammatory) calcific aortic stenosis. They also discussed pathogenetic aspects of aortic valve calcification and problems of terminology.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kushakovskiĭ
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Baliabin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
vernacular_title: O degenerativnom (nevospalitel'nom) kal'tsinirovannom stenoze ust'ia aorty i ego otlichiiakh ot revmaticheskogo kal'tsinirovannogo ust'ia aorty.