Predictors of Coronary and Carotid Atherosclerosis in Patients with Severe Degenerative Aortic Stenosis

Abstract

In severe degenerative AS gender modulates the association of age with coronary and carotid atherosclerosis with its lower prevalence in women aged >76 years compared to their younger counterparts. This may result from a hypothetical "survival bias", i.e., an excessive risk of death in very elderly women with severe AS and coexisting relevant coronary or carotid atherosclerosis.