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C-reactive protein in degenerative aortic valve stenosis
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Sanchez, Pedro Luís Mazzone, Anna Maria |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | Degenerative aortic valve stenosis includes a range of disorder severity from mild leaflet thickening without valve obstruction, "aortic sclerosis", to severe calcified aortic stenosis. It is a slowly progressive active process of valve modification similar to atherosclerosis for cardiovascular risk factors, lipoprotein deposition, chronic inflammation, and calcification. Systemic signs of inflammation, as wall and serum C-reactive protein, similar to those found in atherosclerosis, are present in patients with degenerative aortic valve stenosis and may be expression of a common disease, useful in monitoring of stenosis progression. |
| Starting Page | 24 |
| Ending Page | 24 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 16774687 |
| Volume Number | 4 |
| Journal | Cardiovascular ultrasound |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/fd/03/1476-7120-4-24.PMC1513398.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://download-redirector.springer.com/redirect?contentType=pdf&ddsId=art:10.1186/1476-7120-4-24&originUrl=http://cardiovascularultrasound.biomedcentral.com/article/10.1186/1476-7120-4-24 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Abnormal degeneration Aortic Valve Insufficiency Aortic Valve Stenosis Aortic valve disorder Atherosclerosis C-reactive protein Calcinosis Chronic inflammation Heart valve disease Lipoproteins Obstruction Patients Supravalvular aortic stenosis |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
