Intracardiac pseudotumor caused by mitral annular calcification

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-66

  de Vrey, E A ^a   Scholte, A J H A ^a   Krauss, X H ^a   Dion, R A ^a   Poldermans, D ^b   van der Wall, E E ^a   Bax, J J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Intracardiac masses; Mitral annular calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; RARE DISEASE; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 30844432404     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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