Open AccessMitral annular calcification progression and the risk of atrial fibrillation: results from MESA
Author(s) -
Wesley T. O’Neal,
Jimmy T. Efird,
Saman Nazarian,
Álvaro Alonso,
Erin D. Michos,
Moysés Szklo,
Susan R. Heckbert,
Elsayed Z. Soliman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2047-2412
pISSN - 2047-2404
DOI - 10.1093/ehjci/jex093
Subject(s) - atrial fibrillation , cardiology , medicine , calcification , mesa , computer science , programming language
To determine if progression of mitral annular calcium (MAC) detected by cardiac computed tomography (CT) predicts incident atrial fibrillation (AF).
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