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| ==Overview== | | ==Overview== |
| Aortic sclerosis commonly affects elderly population. Microscopic changes reveal lipoprotein accumulation, cellular infiltration and extracellular matrix formation that cause progressive thickening of the aortic valve.<ref name="pmid15967862">{{cite journal |author=Freeman RV, Otto CM |title=Spectrum of calcific aortic valve disease: pathogenesis, disease progression, and treatment strategies |journal=[[Circulation]] |volume=111 |issue=24 |pages=3316–26 |year=2005 |month=June |pmid=15967862 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.486738 |url=http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15967862 |accessdate=2012-04-10}}</ref>
| | Aortic sclerosis is generally an asymptomatic condition that is usually detected as an incidental finding on [[transthoracic echocardiography]]. |
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| Aortic sclerosis is defined based on [[transthoracic echocardiography|transthoracic echocardiographic]] findings which include irregular leaflet thickening and focal valve thickening with associated increase in echogenicity.<ref name="pmid15967862">{{cite journal |author=Freeman RV, Otto CM |title=Spectrum of calcific aortic valve disease: pathogenesis, disease progression, and treatment strategies |journal=[[Circulation]] |volume=111 |issue=24 |pages=3316–26 |year=2005 |month=June |pmid=15967862 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.486738 |url=http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15967862 |accessdate=2012-04-10}}</ref><ref name="pmid10403851">{{cite journal |author=Otto CM, Lind BK, Kitzman DW, Gersh BJ, Siscovick DS |title=Association of aortic-valve sclerosis with cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in the elderly |journal=[[The New England Journal of Medicine]] |volume=341 |issue=3 |pages=142–7 |year=1999 |month=July |pmid=10403851 |doi=10.1056/NEJM199907153410302 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199907153410302 |accessdate=2012-04-10}}</ref><ref name="pmid9060903">{{cite journal |author=Stewart BF, Siscovick D, Lind BK, Gardin JM, Gottdiener JS, Smith VE, Kitzman DW, Otto CM |title=Clinical factors associated with calcific aortic valve disease. Cardiovascular Health Study |journal=[[Journal of the American College of Cardiology]] |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=630–4 |year=1997 |month=March |pmid=9060903 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0735109796005633 |accessdate=2012-04-10}}</ref><ref name="pmid21295189">{{cite journal |author=Gharacholou SM, Karon BL, Shub C, Pellikka PA |title=Aortic valve sclerosis and clinical outcomes: moving toward a definition |journal=[[The American Journal of Medicine]] |volume=124 |issue=2 |pages=103–10 |year=2011 |month=February |pmid=21295189 |doi=10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.10.012 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0002-9343(10)00913-7 |accessdate=2012-04-10}}</ref>
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| Aortic sclerosis is generally an asymptomatic condition and usually detected as an incidental finding on [[transthoracic echocardiography]]. | |
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| ==History and Symptoms== | | ==History and Symptoms== |