Late calcification of the mitral-aortic junction causing transient complete atrio-ventricular block after mediastinal radiation of Hodgkin lymphoma: Multimodal visualization

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Santoro, Francesco ^a   Ieva, Riccardo ^a   Lupo, Pierluigi ^a   Pellegrino, Pier Luigi ^a   Correale, Michele ^a   Di Biase, Matteo ^a   Brunetti, Natale Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcification; Complete atrio ventricular block; Multi modal imaging; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860400482     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.07.070     Document Type: Article

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