Association of mitral annular calcification and aortic valve morphology: a substudy of the aortic stenosis progression observation measuring effects of rosuvastatin (ASTRONOMER) study

Abstract

In patients with asymptomatic mild to moderate AS, MAC is more prevalent in those individuals with tricuspid AV, independent of age, and systolic blood pressure. Whether the degree of MAC may be a surrogate for atherosclerosis, and predict the subset of patients who will respond to statin therapy in preventing the progression of AS, remains to be determined.