Mitral valve disease as well as uncommon extensive epipericardial and intramyocardial calcification secondary to massive mitral annular calcification

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-88

  Butz, T ^a   Van Bracht, M ^a   Meissner, A ^a   Plehn, G ^a   Bittlinsky, A ^a   Maagh, P ^a   Yeni, H ^a   Trappe, H J ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constrictive pericarditis; Mitral annular calcification; Mitral regurgitation; Mitral valve disease; Mitral valve stenosis; Tuberculous constrictive pericarditis; Tuberculous myocarditis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM;

EID: 74949141071     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep148     Document Type: Article

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