Effect of aortic valve replacement on c-reactive protein in nonrheumatic aortic stenosis |
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| Authors: | Gerber Ivor L Stewart Ralph A H Hammett Christopher J K Legget Malcolm E Oxenham Helen West Teena M French John K White Harvey D |
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| Affiliation: | Cardiology Department, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. |
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| Abstract: | Plasma levels of C-reactive protein were higher in 20 patients with bicuspid or trileaflet degenerative aortic stenosis than in 31 normal controls and in 19 patients with pure aortic regurgitation. C-reactive protein decreased from before to 6 months after aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis. These observations suggest that aortic stenosis is an inflammatory disease. |
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