Key result
Aortic sclerosis was associated with an increased risk of death from any cause and from cardiovascular causes, independent of other known risk factors.
Why the study?
Does aortic sclerosis increase the risk of death from any cause and cardiovascular causes?
Does aortic sclerosis increase the risk of death from any cause and cardiovascular causes?
This editorial highlights that aortic sclerosis, traditionally viewed as benign, is an independent predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.
In a provocative study in this issue of the Journal, Otto and colleagues report that aortic sclerosis, a condition without obvious hemodynamic consequences, was associated with an increased risk of death from any cause and from cardiovascular causes.1 Although aortic sclerosis tended to be present in conjunction with other factors known to be associated with coronary disease and death from cardiovascular causes, the risk remained elevated after adjustment for these factors. What makes these data remarkable is the fact that this condition has been well known for decades and yet has generally been considered benign. The guidelines on valvular heart . . .
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Blasé A. Carabello (1999) conducted an editorial in Aortic sclerosis. Aortic sclerosis was evaluated on Death from any cause and from cardiovascular causes. Aortic sclerosis was associated with an increased risk of death from any cause and from cardiovascular causes, independent of other known risk factors.
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