Mitral Annular Calcium Causing Mitral Stenosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-391

  Pressman, Gregg S ^a   Agarwal, Ashish ^a   Braitman, Leonard E ^a   Muddassir, Salman M ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 74049096287     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.09.042     Document Type: Article

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