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Oxidized Phospholipids and Risk of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease: The Copenhagen General Population Study.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Aug 2017
Kamstrup Pia R, Hung Ming-Yow, Witztum Joseph L, Tsimikas Sotirios, Nordestgaard Børge G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Lipoprotein(a) is causally associated with calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD). Lipoprotein(a) carries proinflammatory and procalcific oxidized phospholipids (OxPL). We tested whether the CAVD risk is mediated by the content of OxPL on lipoprotein(a). APPROACH AND RESULTS: A case-control study was performed within the Copenhagen General Population Study (n=87 980), including 725 CAVD cases (1977-2013)...
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