Comments on: Association of Aortic Valve Calcification to the Presence, Extent, and Composition of Coronary Artery Plaque Burden: From the Rule Out Myocardial Infarction using Computer Assisted Tomography (ROMICAT) Trial http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/242 In the field of observation, chance favors the prepared minds. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jacobo Kirsch, MD http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/242/comment-page-1#comment-265 Jacobo Kirsch, MD Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:42:06 +0000 http://www.thepreparedminds.com/?p=242#comment-265 In this study population, the presence of aortic valve calcification represented a 3-fold risk of having coronary plaque burden when compared with those patients without aortic calcification (independent of cardiac risk factors and variable depending on plaque morphology). This is a very interesting finding as aortic valve degeneration was thought to result from chronic mechanical sheer stresses. In this study population, the presence of aortic valve calcification represented a 3-fold risk of having coronary plaque burden when compared with those patients without aortic calcification (independent of cardiac risk factors and variable depending on plaque morphology). This is a very interesting finding as aortic valve degeneration was thought to result from chronic mechanical sheer stresses.

]]> By: Ronen Rubinshtein, MD http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/242/comment-page-1#comment-238 Ronen Rubinshtein, MD Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:36:33 +0000 http://www.thepreparedminds.com/?p=242#comment-238 More insight into the process of atherosclerosis with multi-slice CT. More insight into the process of atherosclerosis with multi-slice CT.

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