European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on June 26, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(16):1934-1935; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn306
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Hypertension in aortic valve stenosis—a Trojan horse
First Department of Medicine (Cardiology), University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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This editorial refers to Systemic pressure does not directly affect pressure gradient and valve area estimates in aortic stenosis in vitro
by J. Mascherbauer et al., on page 2049
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Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is the most frequent heart valve disease in the elderly population,1 causing a significant economic burden on Western societies. Many studies have addressed the prevalence of various cardiovascular risk factors in patients with AS, some of them suggesting possible therapeutic strategies to slow down disease progression.2 Among others, arterial hypertension has been shown to be more frequent in patients with AS than in the control populations without relevant valve disease.3 There has been discussion on how arterial hypertension might
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