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Amorphous Calcific Tumor of the Mitral Annulus Echocardiographically Mimicking a Vegetation
Author(s) -
Inamdar Vatsal,
Wanat Francis E.,
Nanda Navin C.,
Pothineni Koteswara R.,
Burri Manjula V.,
Kimmler Stephen
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00638.x
Subject(s) - mitral annulus , vegetation (pathology) , annulus (botany) , medicine , cardiology , pathology , materials science , blood pressure , composite material , diastole
We describe echocardiographic findings in an elderly patient with histologically proven amorphous tumor involving the posterior mitral annulus, mimicking a vegetation.