Unlocking the Secrets of Subclinical Calcific Aortic Valve Disease and Heart Failure

HomeCirculation: Cardiovascular ImagingVol. 16, No. 3Unlocking the Secrets of Subclinical Calcific Aortic Valve Disease and Heart Failure No AccessEditorialRequest AccessFull TextAboutView Full TextView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toNo AccessEditorialRequest AccessFull TextUnlocking the Secrets of Subclinical Calcific Aortic Valve Disease and Heart Failure Sheila Sharma and Alan R. Morrison Sheila SharmaSheila Sharma https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3796-2786 Department of Medicine (Section of Cardiovascular Medicine), Providence VA Medical Center, Rhode Island (S.S., A.R.M.). Department of Medicine (Section of Cardiovascular Medicine), Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (S.S., A.R.M.). Search for more papers by this author and Alan R. MorrisonAlan R. Morrison Correspondence to: Alan R. Morrison, MD, PhD, Ocean State Research Institute, Inc. Providence VA Medical Center, Research (151), 830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908. Email E-mail Address: [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2412-7669 Department of Medicine (Section of Cardiovascular Medicine), Providence VA Medical Center, Rhode Island (S.S., A.R.M.). Department of Medicine (Section of Cardiovascular Medicine), Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (S.S., A.R.M.). Search for more papers by this author Originally published7 Mar 2023https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.015247Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. 2023;16This article is a commentary on the followingAortic Valve Calcium in Relation to Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction and Risk of Heart FailureFootnotesThe opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the editors or of the American Heart Association.Correspondence to: Alan R. Morrison, MD, PhD, Ocean State Research Institute, Inc. 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Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. 2023;16 March 2023Vol 16, Issue 3 Advertisement Article InformationMetrics © 2023 American Heart Association, Inc.https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.015247PMID: 36880377 Originally publishedMarch 7, 2023 Keywordsheart failureoutcomesEditorialsaortic valve diseasecalcificationcomputed tomographyPDF download Advertisement SubjectsComputerized Tomography (CT)Valvular Heart DiseaseVascular Disease