Bone and Cartilage Growth to Blame for Heart Valve Disease, Northwestern Researcher Finds
Northwestern researcher's research provides the first explanation of an active rather than passive process that leads to heart valve degeneration.
"Heart valve disease is caused not by a 'wear and tear' phenomenon, but by an inflammatory process likely triggered by high cholesterol that stimulates certain cells to reprogram into bone cells in the aortic valve and cartilage cells in the mitral valve."
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