Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ultrasound-guided lavage with steroid injection yielded no clinical benefit for patients with calcific ...

In patients greater than age 65, more than 90% of aortic stenosis involves trileaflet valves which have developed heavy calcification. [5] In these instances the calcium deposits are thought to alter ...

Researchers have now proposed a molecular mechanism that links amyloid deposition in the aortic valve with degenerative calcification. They also theorize that other risk factors for CAVD, such as high ...