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

Majid Khalili | Zendy; Javadrashid | Zendy; Paak | Zendy; Gojazadeh | Zendy; Mehrnoush Toufan | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Majid Khalili,

Javadrashid,

Paak,

Gojazadeh,

Mehrnoush Toufan

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of general medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722

H-Index - 36

ISSN - 1178-7074

DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s33665

Subject(s) - medicine , mitral valve , calcification , computed tomography , multidetector computed tomography , radiology , cardiology

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 severity of mitral valve disease on echocardiography.

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