Porcelain heart: A case of massive myocardial calcification

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-126

  Aras, Dursun ^a   Topaloglu, Serkan ^a   Demirkan, Burcu ^a   Deveci, Bulent ^a   Ozeke, Ozcan ^a   Korkmaz, Sule ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Coronary angiography; Endomyocardial fibrosis; Myocardial calcification

Indexed keywords

THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART CALCIFICATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 33644870403     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-005-9006-2     Document Type: Article

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