| Literature DB >> 10073870 |
W S Aronow1, C Ahn, J Shirani, I Kronzon.
Abstract
In a prospective study of 1,980 subjects (mean age 81 +/- 8 years) without valvular aortic stenosis, 981 (50%) had valvular aortic sclerosis diagnosed by 2-dimensional and continuous-wave Doppler echocardiography. Independent risk factors for new coronary events were prior coronary artery disease (p = 0.0001, risk ratio 2.8), male gender (p = 0.002, risk ratio 1.3), and valvular aortic sclerosis (p = 0.0001, risk ratio 1.8).Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10073870 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00922-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Cardiol ISSN: 0002-9149 Impact factor: 2.778