Rate of progression of valvular aortic stenosis in patients > or = 60 years of age.
A retrospective analysis of 171 women and 119 men, mean age 76 +/- 9 years, with aortic stenosis diagnosed by Doppler echocardiography, who had follow-up Doppler echocardiograms, showed that the reduction in aortic valve area per year was not significantly different in older persons with mild, moderate, and severe aortic stenosis. The decrease in aortic valve area per year was significantly greater in men 60 to 74 years old than in women 60 to 74 years old (p = 0.025), in women > or =75 years old than in women 60 to 74 years old (p = 0.006), and in persons with mitral annular calcium than in persons without mitral annular calcium (p = 0.046).
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Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D018450:Disease Progression; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors