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Aortic valve stenosis: an active atheroinflammatory process

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CURRENT OPINION IN LIPIDOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 5, Pages 483-491

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MOL.0b013e3282a66099

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aortic valve stenosis; calcification; inflammation; valvular heart disease

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Recent findings regarding the interaction of inflammatory cells, lipids, mediators of calcification, and renin-angiotensin system in stenotic valves support the current opinion of aortic valve stenosis being an actively regulated disease, potentially amenable to targeted molecular therapy. Evidence from prospective clinical studies is eagerly awaited.

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