Mitral annulus calcification is independently associated with all-cause mortality

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ramaraj, Radhakrishnan ^a   Manrique, Coraly ^a   Hashemzadeh, Mehrnoosh ^a   Movahed, Mohammad Reza ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c CareMore   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular mortality; Coronary artery disease; Echocardiography; Mitral annulus calcification; Mitral valve disease; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL ANNULUS CALCIFICATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX;

EID: 84878342632     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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