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Editorial
. 2017 Feb 17;120(4):604-606.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.117.310440.

Calcific Aortic Valve Disease: A Battle of the Sexes

Ana M Porras  1 , Chloé M McCoy  1 , Kristyn S Masters  2
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Editorial

Calcific Aortic Valve Disease: A Battle of the Sexes

Ana M Porras et al. Circ Res. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; aortic valve; aortic valve stenosis; calcification; comorbidity; fibrosis.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Possible routes for sex-specific divergence of CAVD
Halting the progression of CAVD will require knowledge of whether the disease exhibits sex bias from its onset, or if the initial disease process is shared across sexes, with subsequent differentiation.
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