Is the presence of mitral annular calcification associated with poor left atrial function?

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 877-884

  Ariyarajah, Vignendra ^a   Apiyasawat, Sirin ^b   Barac, Ivan ^c   Spodick, David H ^d  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left atrial function; Mitral annular calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949166493     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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