Mitral annulus calcification is associated with valvular and cardiac structural abnormalities

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Movahed, Mohammad Reza ^a   Saito, Yuji ^b   Ahmadi Kashani, Mastaneh ^b   Ebrahimi, Ramin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

CALCINOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947636028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-5-14     Document Type: Article

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