Transesophageal echocardiographic spectrum of calcific mitral abnormalities in patients with end-stage renal disease

Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-35

  Madu, Ernest C ^a   D'Cruz, Ivan A ^a,b,c   Wall, Barry ^a,b   Mansour, Nawar ^a,b   Shearin, Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Cardiology Section   (United States)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Mitral calcification; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033970884     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb00990.x     Document Type: Article

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