Aortic stenosis is associated with elevated plasma levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA)

Plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine and L-arginine levels in patients with cardiac syndrome X

“…25 Introduction A considerable proportion of coronary angiograms performed for the evaluation of chest pain do not reveal significant coronary artery disease (CAD) [1]. Cardiac syndrome X (CSX) is a condition characterized by the presence of typical exertional angina, ST-segment depression on the exercise stress test, and normal coronary arteries after exclusion of other causes related to chest pain [2].…”

Lack of association between aortic sclerosis and left ventricular hypertrophy in elderly subjects

“…All subjects underwent an echocardiogram and a cardiac MRI. Blood was taken for total cholesterol, creatinine, 25-OH vitamin D3, high sensitivity CRP and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) in view of previous data linking these parameters with the presence of aortic valve disease [6,13,14]. Body surface area was calculated by the Dubois formula.…”

“…Regions of interest are placed in the aortic valve and the backscatter from the blood pool is subtracted. 3 values from the more anterior and more posterior leaflets are taken from the zoom view of the aortic valve to obtain and average for the valve(3,14).…”

The 30 Day Complication Rate After Aortic Valve Replacement with a Pericardial Valve in a Mainly Geriatric Population

“…This could help explaining the observed association between preoperative AF and postoperative renal complications. There are, however, several confounding factors (76,77). Other risk factors were hypertension, peripheral arterial disease, bypass time over 70 minutes, severe angina an non-elective surgery (67,78).…”