Caseous mitral annular calcification along the anterolateral annulus causing mild mitral regurgitation: multi-modality imaging and diagnosis

Circ J. 2012;76(12):2898-900. doi: 10.1253/circj.cj-12-0582. Epub 2012 Aug 18.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Calcinosis / complications
  • Calcinosis / diagnosis*
  • Diagnostic Imaging* / methods
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology
  • Mitral Valve* / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve* / pathology
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed