Association of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and aortic valve sclerosis. / Association of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and aortic valve sclerosis.

ABSTRACT

The principal objective of this investigation was to analyze the association between diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) and the presence of aortic valve sclerosis (AVS). For this study we used results from 1000 consecutive outpatients (473 males), older than 50 years of age (average 67.6 years), that had been examined with Doppler echocardiogram and anterior and lateral chest radiographs. Overall, 195 patients (19.5