TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlation of serum lipids, calcium and phosphorus, diabetes mellitus, aortic valve stenosis and history of systemic hypertension with presence or absence of mitral anular calcium in persons older than 62 years in a long-term health care facility
AU - Aronow, Wilbert S.
AU - Schwartz, Kenneth S.
AU - Koenigsberg, Mordecai
PY - 1987/2/1
Y1 - 1987/2/1
N2 - Mitral anular calcium (MAC) is a degenerative process common in elderly patients.1-6 Roberts and colleagues1,2 suggested that MAC is accelerated by conditions that increase left ventricular pressure and by conditions that accelerate atherosclerosis. Nair et al4 reported that patients with MAC had a higher level of serum phosphorus and product of serum calcium and phosphorus and an increased prevalence of systemic hypertension and diabetes mellitus than a control group. During a blinded, prospective study of the prevalence of MAC in an unselected population of persons older than 62 years in a long-term health care facility, we obtained data to correlate serum total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, calcium, phosphorus, and product of calcium and phosphorus, diabetes mellitus, aortic valve stenosis and history of systemic hypertension with the presence or absence of MAC.
AB - Mitral anular calcium (MAC) is a degenerative process common in elderly patients.1-6 Roberts and colleagues1,2 suggested that MAC is accelerated by conditions that increase left ventricular pressure and by conditions that accelerate atherosclerosis. Nair et al4 reported that patients with MAC had a higher level of serum phosphorus and product of serum calcium and phosphorus and an increased prevalence of systemic hypertension and diabetes mellitus than a control group. During a blinded, prospective study of the prevalence of MAC in an unselected population of persons older than 62 years in a long-term health care facility, we obtained data to correlate serum total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, calcium, phosphorus, and product of calcium and phosphorus, diabetes mellitus, aortic valve stenosis and history of systemic hypertension with the presence or absence of MAC.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9149(87)90827-7
DO - 10.1016/0002-9149(87)90827-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 3812299
AN - SCOPUS:0023158605
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 59
SP - 381
EP - 382
JO - The American Journal of Cardiology
JF - The American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 4
ER -