creators_name: Sharma, VM
creators_name: Anupama, N
creators_name: Pradeepa, N
creators_name: Harsha, DS
creators_name: Simon, RA
creators_name: Basavaraj, S
creators_id: anupamavsharma@yahoo.com
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2013-05-04 23:09:54
lastmod: 2013-05-04 23:09:54
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title: Intracardiac Calcification - An Interesting Chest X-ray Report.
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Mitral annulus; Intra cardiac calcification.
abstract: 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, 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.
date: 2013-01-25
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 11
number: 4(19)
publisher: Kakkilaya BS
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Sharma, VM and Anupama, N and Pradeepa, N and Harsha, DS and Simon, RA and Basavaraj, S  (2013) Intracardiac Calcification - An Interesting Chest X-ray Report.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/8948/1/2012-4-19.pdf