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Aortic stenosis risk factors

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editors-In-Chief: Mohammed A. Sbeih, M.D. [2]; Usama Talib, BSc, MD [3] Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [4]

Overview

Overview

The most common risk factor for the development of aortic stenosis is the presence of a congenital bicuspid aortic valve. Risk factors that may speed up the progression of aortic stenosis include the same risk factors as atherosclerosis.

Risk Factors

Risk Factors

Common Risk Factors

Common risk factors in the development of aortic stenosis include:[1][2][3][4]

Less common Risk Factors

Less common risk factors in the development of aortic stenosis include:[5][6][7][8]

Other Risk Factors

Some other risk factors of aortic stenosis include:[9][10][11]

References

References

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  4. Pawade TA, Newby DE, Dweck MR (2015). “Calcification in Aortic Stenosis: The Skeleton Key”. J Am Coll Cardiol. 66 (5): 561–77. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.05.066. PMID 26227196.
  5. Aronow WS, Schwartz KS, Koenigsberg M (1987). “Correlation of serum lipids, calcium, and phosphorus, diabetes mellitus and history of systemic hypertension with presence or absence of calcified or thickened aortic cusps or root in elderly patients”. Am J Cardiol. 59 (9): 998–9. PMID 3565291.
  6. Lindroos M, Kupari M, Valvanne J, Strandberg T, Heikkilä J, Tilvis R (1994). “Factors associated with calcific aortic valve degeneration in the elderly”. Eur Heart J. 15 (7): 865–70. PMID 7925504.
  7. Olsson M, Thyberg J, Nilsson J (1999). “Presence of oxidized low density lipoprotein in nonrheumatic stenotic aortic valves”. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 19 (5): 1218–22. PMID 10323772.
  8. Maher ER, Pazianas M, Curtis JR (1987). “Calcific aortic stenosis: a complication of chronic uraemia”. Nephron. 47 (2): 119–22. PMID 3696315.
  9. Hull MC, Morris CG, Pepine CJ, Mendenhall NP (2003). “Valvular dysfunction and carotid, subclavian, and coronary artery disease in survivors of hodgkin lymphoma treated with radiation therapy”. JAMA. 290 (21): 2831–7. doi:10.1001/jama.290.21.2831. PMID 14657067.
  10. Gotoh T, Kuroda T, Yamasawa M, Nishinaga M, Mitsuhashi T, Seino Y; et al. (1995). “Correlation between lipoprotein(a) and aortic valve sclerosis assessed by echocardiography (the JMS Cardiac Echo and Cohort Study)”. Am J Cardiol. 76 (12): 928–32. PMID 7484833.
  11. Linefsky JP, O’Brien KD, Katz R, de Boer IH, Barasch E, Jenny NS; et al. (2011). “Association of serum phosphate levels with aortic valve sclerosis and annular calcification: the cardiovascular health study”. J Am Coll Cardiol. 58 (3): 291–7. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2010.11.073. PMC 3147295. PMID 21737022.

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