Association between mitral annular calcium and aortic atheroma as detected by transesophageal echocardiographic study

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 784-786

  Adler, Yehuda ^b   Shohat Zabarski, Ronit ^b   Vaturi, Mordechai ^b   Shapira, Yaron ^b   Ehrlich, Sharon ^b   Jortner, Ruth ^b   Assali, Abid ^b   Zonshin, Ada ^b   Sagie, Alex ^a  

^a Echocardiography Unit   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 0032521529     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)01014-X     Document Type: Article

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