Multimodality imaging of exuberant mitral annular calcification in a patient presenting with transient ischaemic attack

S Vijayan; P Fielding; B Kahan; A Ionescu

doi:10.4997/JRCPE.2011.406

Multimodality imaging of exuberant mitral annular calcification in a patient presenting with transient ischaemic attack

J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2011 Dec;41(4):316-8. doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2011.406.

Authors

S Vijayan¹, P Fielding, B Kahan, A Ionescu

Affiliation

¹ Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK.

PMID: 22184563
DOI: 10.4997/JRCPE.2011.406

Abstract

We report an unusual case of calcification of mitral valve annulus imaged with multiple non-invasive modalities in a patient who suffered a transient ischaemic attack, probably from thrombus overlying the mitral annular calcification. Both this mode of presentation and the imaging features of the annular calcification were relatively unusual, and the images obtained are remarkably clear and diagnostic.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis / pathology*
Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
Echocardiography
Female
Humans
Ischemic Attack, Transient / diagnostic imaging
Ischemic Attack, Transient / pathology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / pathology*
Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Stenosis / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed