Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus by 64-detector-row computed tomographic coronary angiography: A rare intracardiac mass

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Lubarsky, Lev ^a,b   Jelnin, Vladimir ^a   Marino, Nino ^a   Hecht, Harvey S ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LENOX HILL HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MITRAL ANNULUS CASEOUS CALCIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34548435750     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.682229     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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