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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">CC</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Cardiol Croat</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Cardiologia Croatica</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Cardiol. Croat.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="ppub">1848-543X</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">1848-5448</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Croatian Cardiac Society</publisher-name></publisher>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">Aortic valve / diagnostic challenges</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15836/ccar2023.251</article-id>
<article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Extended Abstract</subject></subj-group>
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<article-title>Present and future of calcific aortic valve disease &#x2013; multiomics approach</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6188-0708</contrib-id><name><surname>Cvitku&#x0161;i&#x0107; Lukenda</surname><given-names>Katica</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">*</xref></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8727-7357</contrib-id><name><surname>Kne&#x017E;evi&#x0107; Prave&#x010D;ek</surname><given-names>Marijana</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0116-5929</contrib-id><name><surname>Gabaldo</surname><given-names>Kre&#x0161;imir</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6568-3306</contrib-id><name><surname>Mi&#x0161;ki&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Bla&#x017E;enka</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9912-2179</contrib-id><name><surname>Udovi&#x010D;i&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Mario</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"><sup>3</sup></xref></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6758-1677</contrib-id><name><surname>Livun</surname><given-names>Ana</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"><sup>3</sup></xref></contrib>
<aff id="aff1"><label>1</label><institution>General Hospital &#x201C;Dr. Josip Ben&#x010D;evi&#x0107;&#x201D; Slavonski Brod, Slavonski Brod</institution>, <country country="hr">Croatia</country></aff>
<aff id="aff2"><label>2</label><institution>Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek</institution>, <addr-line>Osijek</addr-line>, <country country="hr">Croatia</country></aff>
<aff id="aff3"><label>3</label><institution>University Hospital Dubrava</institution>, <addr-line>Zagreb</addr-line>, <country country="hr">Croatia</country></aff>
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<corresp id="cor1"><label>*</label>ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Katica Cvitku&#x0161;i&#x0107; Lukenda, Op&#x0107;a bolnica &#x201C;Dr. Josip Ben&#x010D;evi&#x0107;&#x201D; Slavonski Brod, Andrije &#x0160;tampara 42, HR-35000 Slavonski Brod, Croatia. / Phone: +385-98-556-576 / E-mail: <email xlink:href="kclukenda@gmail.com">kclukenda@gmail.com</email></corresp></author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="epub-ppub"><month>08</month><year>2023</year></pub-date>
<volume>18</volume>
<issue>9-10</issue>
<fpage>251</fpage>
<lpage>251</lpage>
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<date date-type="received"><day>04</day><month>08</month><year>2023</year></date>
<date date-type="accepted"><day>13</day><month>08</month><year>2023</year></date>
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<copyright-statement>Croatian Cardiac Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2023</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>Croatian Cardiac Society</copyright-holder>
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<kwd-group kwd-group-type="author"><title>KEYWORDS: </title><kwd>calcific aortic valve disease</kwd><kwd>multiomics</kwd><kwd>miRNA</kwd></kwd-group>
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<p>Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common structural heart disease. The prevalence of calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is increasing due to the aging of the population and the pandemic of obesity, diabetes, arterial hypertension, and renal failure. Men are twice as likely to develop AS, and when they do develop the disease, they have significantly more pronounced calcifications (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="r1"><italic>1</italic></xref>). The disease is multifactorial, and we still do not understand the processes leading to the onset and progression of CAVD. It can be asymptomatic for many years, but when symptoms occur and no treatment is given, the mortality rate within 2 years is almost 80% (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="r2"><italic>2</italic></xref>). Surgical replacement of the aortic valve (AVR) with a mechanical or bioprosthetic prosthesis is the gold standard for the treatment of patients with severe AS. The introduction of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) allowed the treatment of high-risk patients, and now the indication has been extended to patients with lower surgical risk. Understanding the regulatory mechanisms involved in the development and progression of the disease appears to be critical to the discovery of biomarkers that could have diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic value. According to published research, microRNA is a future biomarker for numerous chronic diseases, including CAVD. Identifying patients prone to calcification could be important in selecting the type of artificial heart valve to be implanted to avoid repeat surgery. Influencing their expression by up- or down-regulation is a challenge of modern molecular biology. An integrated multiomics approach to uncover the pathophysiology of the disease using systems biology techniques and employing (epi)genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics is now promising in heart valve disease (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f1"><bold>Figure 1</bold></xref>). (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="r3"><italic>3</italic></xref>) Combining data from different layers and revealing their communication allows us to understand the molecular mechanisms responsible for CAVD.</p>
<fig id="f1" position="float" fig-type="figure"><label>FIGURE 1</label><caption><p>Calcific aortic valve disease: multiomics approach.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="Aorticvalve/diagnosticchallenges-f1"></graphic></fig>
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