Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 825-831 , August 2001

Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus: A neglected, unrecognized diagnosis

References 

  1. Pomerance A. Pathological and clinical study of calcification of the mitral valve ring. J Clin Pathol. 1970;23:354–361
  2. Pomerance A. Mitral ring calcification in age related cardiovascular changes and mechanically induced endocardial pathology. In:  Silver MD editors. Cardiovascular pathology. New York/Edinburgh/London/Melbourne/Tokyo: : Churchill Livingstone; 1991;p. 169–172
  3. Teja K, Gibson RS, Nolan SP. Atrial extension of mitral annular calcification mimicking intracardiac tumor. Clin Cardiol. 1987;10:546–548
  4. Kronzon I, Winer HE, Cohen ML. Sterile, caseous mitral annular abscess. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1983;2:186–190
  5. Borowski A, Korb H, Voth E, de Vivie ER. Asymptomatic myocardial abscess. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1988;36:338–340
  6. Gilbert HM, Grodman R, Chung MH, Hartman G, Krieger KH, Hartman BJ. Sterile, caseous mitral valve “abscess” mimicking infective endocarditis. Clin Infect Dis. 1997;24:1015–1016
  7. Kautzner J, Vondrácek V, Jirásek A, Bélohlávek M. Tumor-like mitral annular calcification with central liquefaction. Echocardiography. 1993;10:459–463
  8. Feigenbaum H. Acquired valvular heart disease. In:  Feigenbaum H editors. Echocardiography. Philadelphia/Baltimore/Hong Kong/London/Munich/Sidney/Tokyo: : Lea & Febiger; 1994;p. 329
  9. Sagar KB, Nachodsky DM. Aging changes seen on echocardiography. In:  Otto CM editors. The practice of clinical echocardiography. Philadelphia/London/Toronto/Montreal/Sidney/Tokyo: : WB Saunders; 1997;p. 621–622
  10. Weyman AE. Left ventricular inflow tract, I: the mitral valve. In:  Weyman AR editors. Principles and practice of echocardiography. Philadelphia/Baltimore/Hong Kong/London/Munich/Sidney/Tokyo: : Lea & Febiger; 1994;p. 463
  11. Vandenbogaerde J, Alschrift M, Chapman J. The use of Doppler echocardiography in geriatrics. In:  Roelandt JRTC,  Sutherland GR,  Iliceto S,  Linker DT editor. Cardiac ultrasound. London/Madrid/Melbourne/New York/Tokyo: Churchill Livingstone; 1993;p. 937
  12. Zuber M, Oechslin E, Jenni R. Echogenic structures in the left atrioventricular groove: diagnostic pitfalls. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1998;11:381–386
  13. Tajik AJ, Hagler DJ, Mair DD, Lie JT. Two-dimensional real time ultrasonic imaging of the heart and great vessels: technique, image orientation, structure identification, and validation. Mayo Clin Proc. 1978;53:271–303
  14. Seward JB, Khandheria BK, Edwards WD, Oh JK, Freeman WK, Tajik AJ. Biplane transesophageal echocardiography: anatomic correlations, image orientation, and clinical application. Mayo Clin Proc. 1990;65:1193–1213
  15. Seward JB, Khandheria BK, Freeman WK, Oh JK, Enriquez-Sarano M, Miller FA, et al. Multiplane transesophageal echocardiography: image orientation, examination technique, anatomic correlations, and clinical application. Mayo Clin Proc. 1993;68:523–551
  16. Fernicola DL, Roberts WC. Clinicopathological features of active infected endocarditis isolated to the native mitral valve. Am J Cardiol. 1993;71:1186–1197

☆ Reprint requests: David Harpaz, MD, The Heart Institute, E. Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, 58-100, Israel (E-mail: dharecho@netvision.net.il).

PII: S0894-7317(01)62214-4

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 825-831 , August 2001

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution