Reduced Fetuin A Serum Level is Associated with Faster Stenosis Progression and Increased Valvular Calcification in Elderly Patients with Aortic Stenosis

Dania Mohty^3#, Nancy Côté^1#, Philippe Pibarot², Dominique Fournier¹, Andrée Pépin¹, Audrey Audet¹, Jean-Pierre Després² and Patrick Mathieu^1*

¹Laboratoire d’Études Moléculaires des Valvulopathies (LEMV), Groupe de Recherche en Valvulopathies (GRV), Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec / Québec Heart & Lung Institute, Department of Surgery, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

²Department of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

³Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire (CHU) de Limoges, Limoges, France

^#Contributed equally to this work

^*Corresponding Author: Dr. Patrick Mathieu, Laval Hospital, 2725 Chemin Ste- Foy, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, G1V-4G5, Canada, Tel: 418-656-4717, Fax: 418-656-4707 Email: