Pathogenesis of aortic stenosis and its relation to age.
Pathogenesis of aortic stenosis and its relation to age.
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主动脉瓣狭窄的发病机制及其与年龄的关系。
DOI:
10.1136/hrt.34.6.569
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发表时间:
1972
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通讯作者:
A. Pomerance
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作者:
A. Pomerance
In Io8 of IiI heartsfrom adults with isolated aortic stenosis the pathogenesis could be determined macroscopically if inspection of the unopened valve from above was included in the examination. Calcified congenitally bicuspid valves were the commonest finding (43%) and were characterized by a transverse slit-like or crescentic orifice. The majority ofpatients were men. Senile degenerative calcification alone was responsible for stenosis in 31 per cent. This was characterized by a triradiate orifice without commissural adhesions. Women predominated in this group. Postinflammatory (rheumatic type) commissural adhesions producing a fixed central circular or triangular orifice were found in 24 per cent of cases, and inflammatory fusion of one commissure of a congenitally bicuspid valve in a further 7 per cent. The relative frequency of these three pathogeneses varied in different age groups. Stenosis due to previous inflammatory valve disease predominated in patients under 6o years, calcification in congenitally bicuspid valves between 6o and 75 years, and degenerative calcification was not seen under 75 years, but predominated over this age and was responsible for almost all cases of isolated aortic stenosis over 85 years.