?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Intracardiac+Calcification+-+An+Interesting+Chest+X-ray+Report.&rft.creator=Sharma%2C+VM&rft.creator=Anupama%2C+N&rft.creator=Pradeepa%2C+N&rft.creator=Harsha%2C+DS&rft.creator=Simon%2C+RA&rft.creator=Basavaraj%2C+S&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=We+report+a+case+of+chest+X-ray+finding+of+mitral+annular+calcification.+Mitral+annular+calcification+is+a+degenerative+process+involving+the+fibrous+annulus+of+the+mitral+valve.+It+is+generally+an+incidental+finding+associated+with+aging+and+atherosclerosis.+It+may+lead+to+significant+mitral+regurgitation+and+can+rarely+cause+symptomatic+mitral+stenosis.+In+addition%2C+mitral+annulus+calcification+may+be+associated+with+atrial+fibrillation+and+cardiac+arrhythmia.+Calcification+of+mitral+annulus+in+the+chest+X-ray+generally+follows+the+C-shape+of+the+mitral+annulus.+Confirmation+is+by+echocardiography.+Symptomatic+cases+require+repair+by+surgery.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2013-01-25&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8948%2F1%2F2012-4-19.pdf&rft.identifier=++Sharma%2C+VM+and+Anupama%2C+N+and+Pradeepa%2C+N+and+Harsha%2C+DS+and+Simon%2C+RA+and+Basavaraj%2C+S++(2013)+Intracardiac+Calcification+-+An+Interesting+Chest+X-ray+Report.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8948%2F