Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus imaged with 64-slice multidetector CT and magnetic resonance imaging

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 553-559

  Vanovermeire, Olivier M ^a   Duerinckx, André J ^b   Duncan, David A ^c   Russell, Wilson G ^c  

^a AZ GROENINGE   (Belgium)

^b Department of Radiology   (United States)

^c FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caseous calcification; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance; Myocardial calcification; Myocardial mass; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART CALCIFICATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745077409     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-005-9069-0     Document Type: Article

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