PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - Griffin, Brian P. AU - Novaro, Gian M. TI - Calcific aortic stenosis: Another face of atherosclerosis? DP - 2003 May 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 471--477 VI - 70 IP - 5 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/5/471.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/5/471.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2003 May 01; 70 AB - Calcific aortic stenosis is not the result of decades of wear and tear alone. Rather, it is being increasingly recognized as an inflammatory, atheromatous, and potentially modifiable disease. Exciting new research suggests that medical therapies may soon be available to retard its progression and reduce the need for surgery.