Mitral annular calcification and aortic valve calcification may help in predicting significant coronary artery disease

Angiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 561-567

  Acartürk, Esmeray ^a   Bozkurt, Abdi ^b   Çayli, Murat ^b   Demir, Mesut ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141731387     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970305400505     Document Type: Article

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