Aortic valve sclerosis relates to cardiovascular events in patients with hypertension (a LIFE substudy).
This study investigated whether aortic valve (AV) sclerosis was associated with traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and CV events in hypertensive patients with electrocardiographic left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, as previously demonstrated in the general population. AV sclerosis was associated with several CV risk factors and predicted CV events independently of prevalent CV disease and traditional CV risk factors, including LV mass and ejection fraction.
Olsen
Michael H
MH
Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Glostrup University Hospital, DK-2600 Glostrup, Denmark. mho@dadlnet.dk <mho@dadlnet.dk>
Wachtell
Kristian
K
Bella
Jonathan N
JN
Gerdts
Eva
E
Palmieri
Vittorio
V
Nieminen
Markku S
MS
Smith
Gunnar
G
Ibsen
Hans
H
Devereux
Richard B
RB
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012598:Sclerosis; D014463:Ultrasonography