Relationship between incidentally detected calcification of the mitral valve on 64-row multidetector computed tomography and mitral valve disease on echocardiography

BACKGROUND: Mitral valve calcification is often incidentally detected on chest computed tomography (CT) scans obtained for a variety of noncardiac indications. In this study, we evaluated the association between mitral valve calcification incidentally detected on chest CT and the presence and severi...

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Autores principales: Toufan, Mehrnoush, Javadrashid, Reza, Paak, Neda, Gojazadeh, Morteza, Khalili, Majid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3474172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23077412
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S33665

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3474172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23077412
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S33665

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