Valve calcification
RANKL system in vascular and valve calcification with aging
... cardiac valve calcification is associated with cardiovascular mortality in the general ...of calcification, which has molecules in common with bone ...the calcification or demineralization of ...
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Association of body mass index and visceral fat with aortic valve calcification and mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the obesity paradox in severe aortic stenosis
... and VAF with mortality was also tested by applying the fractional polynomials method to model non-linear rela- tionships. The best-fitting fractional polynomial model was chosen and the results are graphically presented. ...
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Association of mitral annulus calcification, aortic valve calcification with carotid intima media thickness
... systemic vascular atherosclerosis is also associated with the deposition of fatty plaques on the aortic surface of aor- tic valve cups and the ventricular surface of the posterior mitral leaflet [22]. These ...
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Endothelial deletion of murine Jag1 leads to valve calcification and congenital heart defects associated with Alagille syndrome
... The Notch signaling pathway is an important contributor to the development and homeostasis of the cardiovascular system. Not surprisingly, mutations in Notch receptors and ligands have been linked to a variety of ...
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Vitamin K dependent Calcium Binding Proteins in Aortic Valve Calcification
... The pathogenesis of valvar calcification, which complicates the course of cardiac valve disease and also affects tissue valve prostheses, is incompletely understood. The present work explores the ...
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Exposure to ambient air pollution and calcification of the mitral annulus and aortic valve: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA)
... artery calcification (CAC) [9], a powerful subclinical marker of absolute and relative CVD risk [10, ...CAC, calcification involving left- sided heart valves (mitral annular calcification [MAC] and ...
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Relationship between sclerostin and cardiovascular calcification in hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study
... Despite these limitations regarding biomarkers in uremic cardiovascular disease we see a convincing ra- tionale to introduce sclerostin in CKD-mineral and bone disorder. Sclerostin strongly regulates bone metabolism. ...
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Vol 1, No 1 (2013)
... aortic valve and arterial calcification in multiple arterial beds but the association with CAC, although significant, is only modest, and symptomatic patients with high CAC may not necessarily have ...
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Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Heart Valve Calcifications in Hemodialysis Patients with Hyperparathyroidism (A Pilot Study)
... Aortic valve calcification (AVC) or mitral annulus calcification (MAC) is thought to be a chronic but non- inflammatory degenerative process predominantly in elderly patients ...cardiac valve ...
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Relationship between incidentally detected calcification of the mitral valve on 64-row multidetector computed tomography and mitral valve disease on echocardiography
... Mitral valve calcification was noted in 59 ...annular calcification. Nine patients (18%) had posterior mitral valve leaflet calcification, and both mitral valve leaflet and ...
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A comparison of wear behaviour of heat resistant steel engine valves and TiAl engine valves
... The valve and seat insert geometry are illustrated in ...intake valve and seat insert for improved wear ...solid valve is transferred to the engine cooling system through its paired seat insert with ...
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Skeletonized coronary arteries: pathophysiological and clinical aspects of vascular calcification
... Calcitriol is indicated in patients with chronic renal dis- ease in order to avoid secondary hyperparathyroidism related to impaired ability of the ailing kidney to convert vitamin D into its active form, 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 ...
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The Structural Impact of Aortic Valve Replacement on Mitral Regurgitation
... aortic valve replacement (AVR) for aortic stenosis (AS), with reported incidence ranging from 10% to as high as 70% ...mitral valve (MV) could result from ...annular calcification into the ...
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An Investigation into The Association Between Arterial Calcification in Mammography and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
... arterial calcification in mammography and intima-media thickness (regardless of the calcification grade) and carotid atherosclerosis ...arterial calcification in mammography, and individuals with ...
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Calcification of the Olfactory Bulbs in Three Patients with Hyposmia
... A 49-year-old African-American female patient presented with altered flavor perception and frontal headaches. She did not have specific olfactory complaints. Her medical history was significant for hypertension, ...
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Optimization of automotive valve train components with implicit filtering
... the valve train can deviate from the ideal kinematic motion due to the inertia of the components and surge of the valve ...to valve float and valve bounce which are detrimental to engine ...
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Bove_unc_0153D_19395.pdf
... coral calcification rates (Jokiel and Coles 1977, Grottoli et ...reduced calcification under one or both ...(i.e., calcification and Symbiodiniaceae physiology) of corals under ocean warming even ...
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Prevalence of Thyroid Cartilage Calcification and Analysis of Calcification Pattern in a Sub Urban Population of Southern India: A Radiographic study using Orthopantomograph and Lateral Cephalograph
... thyroid calcification noted in cases of thyroid hormone ...costochondral calcification with hyperthyroidism, and concluded that costochondral calcification increases with age and which is associated ...
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Early development and molecular plasticity in the Mediterranean sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus exposed to CO2 driven acidification
... The incorporation of Ca by the larvae was related to the formation of their skeleton. The larval skeleton is synthesized as a series of skeletal rods by the primary mesenchyme cells (PMCs) in the sea urchin embryo (Wilt, ...
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6105.pdf
... more calcification of TC in female patients, this is in accordance with a study by Wells ...reciprocal calcification that is seen in post-menopausal women [30] and possible smaller neck volume in females ...
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