Sept. 13, 2004 — Aortic calcifications are a strong predictor for low bone density and fragility fractures of the hip and spine in postmenopausal women, according to the results of a retrospective, ...

Older women randomly assigned a daily 1.2 g calcium supplement for 5 years were no more likely to develop abdominal aortic calcification vs. similar women assigned placebo, according to study data ...

Changes Clinical Practice: Calcium exposure in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis should be limited unless the turnover of the bone is known to be active, in accordance with ...

(UPDATED) Lipoprotein(a) is associated with the development of aortic valve calcification (AVC), but the atherogenic lipoprotein does not appear to be linked to the progression of calcification over ...

Lipoprotein(a) is not associated with active calcification of the aortic valve in patients with mild-to-moderate aortic stenosis, according to a study presented this week at the European ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. - Computed tomography (CT)-based measures of calcification in the abdominal aorta are strong predictors of heart attacks and other adverse cardiovascular events--stronger even than the ...

Aortic valve disease encompasses a spectrum of disorders affecting the aortic valve, with calcification being a hallmark of the most severe forms. Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is characterised ...

THE transventricular and transaortic approaches, with visualization of the valve, to correct calcareous aortic stenosis were logical and progressive strides in the development of the surgical ...

Incidental calcification in the aorta has been commonly ignored. A 42-year-old white man with a family history of CVD (the father suffered an MI in his 50s) demonstrated calcium of the aorta on x-ray ...

Abdominal arteries In a small study of hemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism, abdominal aortic calcification decreased more in patients who underwent parathyroidectomy than in those ...

Calcification is only one-sided if there are three leaflets "In people whose aortic valve consists of three leaflets—which is usually the case—you can see with the naked eye that calcification occurs ...