Porcelain heart: Rapid progression of cardiac calcification in a patient with hemodialysis

Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 193-196

  Lee, Hyeon Uk ^a   Youn, Ho Joong ^b   Shim, Byung Ju ^a   Lee, Seung Jae ^a   Park, Mi Youn ^a   Jeong, Jin Uk ^a   Gu, Gwan Min ^a   Jeon, Hui Kyung ^c   Lee, Ji Eun ^a   Kwon, Byung Jin ^a  

^a Pohang St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Mitral valve stenosis; Myocardial calcification; Secondary hyperparathyroidism

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM ION;

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC HEART MURMUR; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERPLASIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84872088715     PISSN: 19754612     EISSN: 20059655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4250/jcu.2012.20.4.193     Document Type: Article

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