Intramyocardial calcification in a patient with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1523-1526

  Kaimoto, Satoshi ^a   Kawasaki, Tatsuya ^a   Yamano, Michiyo ^a   Miki, Shigeyuki ^a   Kamitani, Tadaaki ^a   Sugihara, Hiroki ^a  

^a MATSUSHITA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Intramyocardial calcification; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INTRAMYOCARDIAL CALCIFICATION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 84862994058     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7323     Document Type: Article

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