Patients heading into surgery for diseased aortic valves are showing up with more than calcium deposits on their tissue.

Gum disease bacteria may spur calcium buildup in the heart's aortic valve, leading to a common and serious heart valve ...

A gum disease bacterium may contribute to aortic valve calcification through inflammation, according to preliminary human ...

A gum disease bacterium emerges as a surprising suspect in a dangerous heart condition, raising alarming new questions for ...

Researchers have now proposed a molecular mechanism that links amyloid deposition in the aortic valve with degenerative calcification. They also theorize that other risk factors for CAVD, such as high ...

Recent research from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems) provides important new insights into how aortic valve size is associated with the degree of valve calcification in severe ...

(UPDATED) Lipoprotein(a) is associated with the development of aortic valve calcification (AVC), but the atherogenic lipoprotein does not appear to be linked to the progression of calcification over ...

Lipoprotein(a) is not associated with active calcification of the aortic valve in patients with mild-to-moderate aortic stenosis, according to a study presented this week at the European ...

Researchers found that bacteria linked to gum disease may help drive the development of calcific aortic valve stenosis by triggering inflammation and calcium buildup in the heart valve. The early ...

Incidental calcification in the aorta has been commonly ignored. A 42-year-old white man with a family history of CVD (the father suffered an MI in his 50s) demonstrated calcium of the aorta on x-ray ...