Relationship between Aortic Valve Sclerosis and the Extent of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Diagnostic Coronary Angiography

Abstract

AVS is strongly interrelated with the coronary angiographic Gensini score. Echocardiographic detection of AVS in patients undergoing coronary angiography can provide a new surrogate marker of the extent of coronary atherosclerosis.