Mitral annular calcification as a cause of mitral valve gradients

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-62

  Muddassir, Salman M ^a   Pressman, Gregg S ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior mitral leaflet; Mitral annular calcification; Mitral stenosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANNULOPLASTY; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 36148955053     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.142     Document Type: Article

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