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Is it normal for a 45 year old female to have aortic sclerosis? i am healthy otherwise.
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No : It is unusual if you don't have risk factors. Asymptomatic screening for atherosclerosis or CAD starts for women at age 55 if they have one risk factor with coronary calcium screening.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Possible: Aortic sclerosis is thickening of the valve leaflets which occurs naturally as people get older. It certainly can start showing up as early as 40s but is it also possible that whoever read your echocardiogram may have made note of something very minimal. Either way it is a benign issue that is different that aortic stenosis and may or may not progress.
Answered 8/11/2013
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