Cardiac valve calcification: Characteristics of patients with calcification of the mitral annulus or aortic valve

Heart

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 472-474

  Boon, Arthur ^a   Cheriex, Emile ^b   Lodder, Jan ^b   Kessels, Fons ^c  

^a ST ANNA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic valve calcification; Calcified aortic stenosis; Mitral annular calcification; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0030814909     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.78.5.472     Document Type: Article

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