Calcified Aortic Valve Disease

The use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement has increased for young and middle-aged patients with aortic valve disease, but surgical AVR may be the best option for this patient population, according to data presented at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting and Exhibition.

Adults with type 1 diabetes may be more likely to develop macrovascular complications, albuminuria and calcified aortic valve disease if they have elevated measures of lipoprotein(a), according to findings published in Diabetes Care.