Association of serum lipoprotein(a) level with the severity and prognosis of calcific aortic valve stenosis: a Chinese cohort study.

However, the differences in peak transvalvular gradient, mean transvalvular gradient, anteroposterior diameter of aortic valve sinus, the diameter of ascending aorta between two groups did not reach statistical significance. 3.2 Lp(a) levels and the severity of AS Compared with those in bottom and middle tertiles of Lp(a), patients in top tertile of Lp(a) had higher percentage of severe AS (46.2% vs. 33.9%, P = 0.005, Figure 2 ).

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