Caseous calcification and liquefaction of the mitral annulus: A diagnostic confounder

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 543-545

  Izgi, Cemil ^a   Cevik, Cihan ^a,c   Basbayraktar, Fehime ^b  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Calcification; Cardiac; Computed tomography; Echocardiography; Mitral valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MITRAL ANNULUS CALCIFICATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745591962     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-005-9032-0     Document Type: Article

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