The relation between mitral annular calcification and mortality in patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 717-722

  Willens, Howard J ^a,b,d   Chirinos, Julio A ^a,b   Schob, Alan ^a,b   Veerani, Anila ^a,b   Perez, Armando J ^a,b,c   Chakko, Simon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Echocardiography; Mitral annular calcification

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 33749008219     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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