Massive calcification of the mitral valve annulus in an adolescent with Marfan syndrome. A case report;Calcificação maciça do anel mitral numa adolescente com síndrome de Marfan. Um caso clínico

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 921-926

  Correia, Joana ^a   Rodrigues, Dina ^a   Marinho Da Silva, A ^a   Sa E Melo, António ^a   Providência, Luís A ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

calcification of mitral annulus; Marfan syndrome; mitral regurgitation; mitral valve prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCOLIOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 33845216472     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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