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Association of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio with severe abdominal aortic calcification: new evidence from the United States

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundAbdominal aortic calcification (AAC), an early indicator of abdominal aortic wall atherosclerosis, is a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis and a predictive factor for vascular-associated morbidity and mortality. These outcomes are driven by inflammatory processes.

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New Study Suggests that Amyloid Contributes to Calcific Aortic Valve Disease Development

DAIC

Getty Images milla1cf Fri, 06/07/2024 - 15:10 June 7, 2024 — Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is the major heart valve disease that afflicts nearly 10 million patients globally with an annual mortality exceeding 100,000, and the numbers continue to rise. These findings appear online in the journal Trends in Molecular Medicine.

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Disease drivers in aortic stenosis vs atherosclerosis

JAMA Cardiology

Aortic stenosis (AS) due to fibrosis and calcification of the aortic valve is a hazardous component of cardiovascular disease burden—after developing symptomatic AS, patients survive for an average of less than 2 years without treatment.

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Aortic valve perivascular adipose tissue computed tomography attenuation in patients with aortic stenosis

Heart BMJ

Objective Aortic stenosis (AS) shares pathophysiological similarities with atherosclerosis including active inflammation. CT attenuation of perivascular adipose tissue provides a measure of vascular inflammation that is linked to prognosis and has the potential to be applied to the aortic valve. HU, p=0.099).

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Non-coronary atherosclerosis: a marker of poor prognosis in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Introduction The presence of non-coronary atherosclerosis (NCA) in patients with coronary artery disease is associated with a poor prognosis. We have studied whether NCA is also a predictor of poorer outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

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Intervention for critical aortic stenosis in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) is an ultra-rare genetic premature aging disease that is historically fatal in teenage years, secondary to severe accelerated atherosclerosis. With this longer lifespan, calcific aortic stenosis (AS) was identified as an emerging critical risk factor for cardiac death in older patients.

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Abstract 4122717: An Epigenetic Drug, GSK126 Mitigates Endothelial to Mesenchymal Transition Attenuating Atherosclerosis in Diabetes

Circulation

Recent studies implicate EndMT in atherosclerosis development. Diabetes is associated with both EndMT as well as accelerated atherosclerosis. Experimental evidence supports the use of epigenetic drugs that act on relevant epigenetic mechanisms to attenuate atherosclerosis.