Advanced mitral annular calcification is associated with severe coronary calcification on fast dual spiral computed tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 193-198

  Tenenbaum, Alexander ^a   Shemesh, Joseph ^b   Fisman, Enrique Z ^b   Motro, Michael ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Calcification; Coronary artery disease; Hypertension; Mitral annulus; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034040007     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200003000-00006     Document Type: Article

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