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- Title
Valve Calcification in Aortic Stenosis: Etiology and Diagnostic Imaging Techniques.
- Authors
Izquierdo-Gómez, María Manuela; Hernández-Betancor, Iván; García-Niebla, Javier; Marí-López, Belén; Laynez-Cerdeña, Ignacio; Lacalzada-Almeida, Juan
- Abstract
Aortic stenosis is the most common valvulopathy in the Western world. Its prevalence has increased significantly in recent years due to population aging; hence, up to 8% of westerners above the age of 84 now have severe aortic stenosis (Lindroos et al., 1993). This causes increased morbidity and mortality and therein lies the importance of adequate diagnosis and stratification of the degree of severity which allows planning the best therapeutic option in each case. Long understood as a passive age-related degenerative process, it is now considered a rather more complex entity involving mechanisms and factors similar to those of atherosclerosis (Stewart et al., 1997). In this review, we summarize the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the onset and progression of the disease and analyze the current role of cardiac imaging techniques for diagnosis.
- Subjects
HEART valves; CALCINOSIS; AGING; COMPUTED tomography; AORTIC stenosis; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INFLAMMATION; POPULATION; DEVELOPED countries; DISEASE prevalence; GENETICS; ANATOMY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
BioMed Research International, 2017, Vol 2017, p1
- ISSN
2314-6133
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2017/5178631