Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-213

  Arora, Harvinder ^a   Madan, Pankaj ^a   Simpson, Leo ^a   Stainback, Raymond F ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITRAL ANNULUS CALCIFICATION; MITRAL VALVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNCOPE;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 47249151456     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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