Epidemiology and cardiovascular risk factors of aortic stenosis.
The abnormalities of aortic valve morphology and function represent the most common cardiac-valve lesion particularly in elderly. The etiology of aortic stenosis is degenerative-calcific in the majority of patients. Many risk factors seems to be linked to the calcification and the stenosis of the aortic valve but they must be confirmed. In this review the etiology and the possible physiopathology of the aortic valve stenosis is discussed.
Faggiano
Pompilio
P
Cattedra di Cardiologia, Università di Brescia e Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedali Civili di Brescia - Italy. faggiano@numerica.it
Antonini-Canterin
Francesco
F
Baldessin
Ferdinando
F
Lorusso
Roberto
R
D'Aloia
Antonio
A
Cas
Livio Dei
LD
D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*