Left-ventricular outflow tract obstruction by mitral valve ring calcification and proximal septal hypertrophy in elderly patients

Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-58

  Bolognesi, Roberto ^a   Tsialtas, Dimitri ^b   Tiberti, Gianluca ^a   Conti, Massimo ^b   Manca, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Ospedalc Civile S Bortolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction; Mitral valve ring calcification; Proximal septal hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMEGALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 5844299440     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213771     Document Type: Article

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