title: Aortic valve sclerosis relates to cardiovascular events in patients with hypertension (a LIFE substudy).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Glostrup University Hospital, DK-2600 Glostrup, Denmark. mho@dadlnet.dk <mho@dadlnet.dk>
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wachtell
authors.forename: Jonathan N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Bella
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gerdts
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Palmieri
authors.forename: Markku S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Nieminen
authors.forename: Gunnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ibsen
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Devereux
mesh_terms: 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