RUPTURED CASEOUS MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION PRESENTING AS A MOBILE MASS
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Farhad Elmi; Jamshid Shirani; Cyrus Hadadi; Richie Manikat
- Source
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67:1200
- Subject
- Annulus (mycology)
medicine.medical_specialty
Mitral annular calcification
business.industry
equipment and supplies
medicine.disease
humanities
medicine.anatomical_structure
Older patients
Internal medicine
Mitral valve
cardiovascular system
medicine
Cardiology
cardiovascular diseases
Mitral annulus
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Calcification
- Language
- ISSN
- 0735-1097
The annulus of the mitral valve commonly becomes calcified in the elderly. Mitral annular calcification (MAC) may be found in 10% of older patients and 40% of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) referred for echocardiography. Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus (CCMA) may present as