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Mitral valve leaflet calcification

MedGen UID:
1778946
•Concept ID:
C5539739
•
Disease or Syndrome
HPO: HP:0033642

Definition

Deposition of calcium salts in the leaflets (cusps) of the mitral valve. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMitral valve leaflet calcification

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Recommendations for the Use of Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography.
Pandian NG, Kim JK, Arias-Godinez JA, Marx GR, Michelena HI, Chander Mohan J, Ogunyankin KO, Ronderos RE, Sade LE, Sadeghpour A, Sengupta SP, Siegel RJ, Shu X, Soesanto AM, Sugeng L, Venkateshvaran A, Campos Vieira ML, Little SH
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2023 Jan;36(1):3-28. Epub 2022 Nov 23 doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2022.10.009. PMID: 36428195
Comprehensive Nursing Management for Valvular Disease.
Lee S
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 2019 Mar;31(1):31-38. Epub 2018 Dec 22 doi: 10.1016/j.cnc.2018.11.002. PMID: 30736933
Degenerative Mitral Stenosis: From Pathophysiology to Challenging Interventional Treatment.
Banovic M, DaCosta M
Curr Probl Cardiol 2019 Jan;44(1):10-35. Epub 2018 Apr 6 doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2018.03.004. PMID: 29731112

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

MDCT detection of mitral valve calcification: prevalence and clinical relevance compared with echocardiography.
Mahnken AH, Mühlenbruch G, Das M, Wildberger JE, Kühl HP, Günther RW, Kelm M, Koos R
AJR Am J Roentgenol 2007 May;188(5):1264-9. doi: 10.2214/AJR.06.1002. PMID: 17449769

Prognosis

Mitral Annular Calcification in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Prevalence and Outcomes.
Patlolla SH, Schaff HV, Nishimura RA, Geske JB, Lahr BD, Lee AT, Eleid MF, Ommen SR, Dearani JA
Ann Thorac Surg 2022 Nov;114(5):1679-1687. Epub 2021 Nov 22 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.09.077. PMID: 34822847

Clinical prediction guides

Mitral Annular Calcification in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Prevalence and Outcomes.
Patlolla SH, Schaff HV, Nishimura RA, Geske JB, Lahr BD, Lee AT, Eleid MF, Ommen SR, Dearani JA
Ann Thorac Surg 2022 Nov;114(5):1679-1687. Epub 2021 Nov 22 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.09.077. PMID: 34822847

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