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A second Vytorin study testing the drug's effectiveness in aortic stenosis showed Vytorin worthless in preventing aortic-valve and cardiovascular events but with a macabre dividend: it increased the chances of getting and dying from cancer.
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Dr. Martin expects the registry will eventually enable doctors to see whether surgery or less-invasive catheter-based procedures achieve better results for a variety of heart defects, including the aortic-valve malformation that Matthew Emmerling had.
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Preliminary research by Dr. Maurice Sarano, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, suggests that statins could be a new treatment for aortic-valve disease.
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Doctors agreed Justin's situation was critical, and within a week of his diagnosis, he underwent enormously risky surgery for an aortic-valve replacement.
My Lunch with Harvey Fairstein, Linda 2007
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Doctors agreed Justin's situation was critical, and within a week of his diagnosis, he underwent enormously risky surgery for an aortic-valve replacement.
My Lunch with Harvey Fairstein, Linda 2007
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Statins also show potential for protecting against aortic-valve disease, a hardening of the valve between the heart and the aorta, and osteoporosis, the age-related deterioration of bone that leads to fractures.
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A second Vytorin study testing the drug's effectiveness in aortic stenosis showed Vytorin worthless in preventing aortic-valve and cardiovascular events but with a macabre dividend: it increased the chances of getting and dying from cancer.
Dissident Voice 2009
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A second Vytorin study testing the drug's effectiveness in aortic stenosis showed Vytorin worthless in preventing aortic-valve and cardiovascular events but with a macabre dividend: it increased the chances of getting and dying from cancer.
Dissident Voice 2009
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In their article on intensive lipid lowering, Rossebø et al. (Sept. 25 issue) 1 report that therapy with simvastatin and ezetimibe did not reduce aortic-valve disease and calcifications in patients with mild-to-moderate asymptomatic aortic stenosis.
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In their article on intensive lipid lowering, Rossebø et al. (Sept. 25 issue) 1 report that therapy with simvastatin and ezetimibe did not reduce aortic-valve disease and calcifications in patients with mild-to-moderate asymptomatic aortic stenosis.
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