RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Calcific aortic stenosis: Another face of atherosclerosis?
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 471
OP 477
VO 70
IS 5
A2 Griffin, Brian P.
A1 Novaro, Gian M.
YR 2003
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/5/471.abstract
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.