Calcified masses on the mitral valve in a patient on -haemodialysis

Acta Cardiol. 2017 Aug;72(4):497-498. doi: 10.1080/00015385.2017.1335049. Epub 2017 Jul 14.

Authors

Sang Muk Hwang¹, Floyd Pierres², Kun Il Kim³, Jeong Won Kim⁴, Namho Lee¹, Min-Kyung Kang¹

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Cardiology , Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University Medical Center , Seoul , South Korea.
² b School of Medicine , Keele University , Staffordshire , United Kingdom.
³ c Cardiothoracic Surgery Division , Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University Medical Center , Seoul , South Korea.
⁴ d Department of Pathology , Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University Medical Center , Seoul , South Korea.

PMID: 28705048
DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2017.1335049

No abstract available

Keywords: Mitral; annular; calcification.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis / etiology*
Calcinosis / physiopathology
Calcinosis / surgery
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
Kidney Failure, Chronic / diagnosis
Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Stenosis / etiology*
Mitral Valve Stenosis / physiopathology
Mitral Valve Stenosis / surgery
Mitral Valve* / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve* / physiopathology
Mitral Valve* / surgery
Renal Dialysis*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome