Aortic valve sclerosis is defined as calcification and thickening of a trileaflet aortic valve in the absence of obstruction of ventricular outflow. Its frequency increases with age, making it a ...

Severity of aortic stenosis was well balanced between the groups, with 66%, 23%, and 11% overall having sclerosis, mild stenosis, and moderate stenosis, respectively. Over 5 years, fewer patients who ...

Researchers have found in a new study that SGLT2 inhibitors may have disease-modifying effects in nonsevere aortic stenosis (AS). After adjustments, patients taking these inhibitors had ...

They included patients with native aortic valve sclerosis or nonsevere AS with at least 12 months of echocardiographic follow-up. Patients were excluded from the study if they had an estimated ...