[Wall calcifications of the left heart atrium]

Diem, P; Zimmermann, A (1988). [Wall calcifications of the left heart atrium]. Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift, 113(5), pp. 177-9. Stuttgart: Thieme 10.1055/s-0029-1188589

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The chest X-ray of a 61-year-old man with severe aortic and mitral stenosis revealed extensive, circularly arranged calcifications in the wall of the left atrial appendage. He died soon after admission to hospital and autopsy confirmed the atrial calcifications in association with severe mitral stenosis. Although such calcification of the left atrial wall is rare, it can be of importance because it may make the usual surgical approach to mitral valve replacement impossible.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Further Contribution)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition

UniBE Contributor:

Diem, Peter

ISSN:

0012-0472

ISBN:

3338400

Publisher:

Thieme

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 14:56

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:17

Publisher DOI:

10.1055/s-0029-1188589

PubMed ID:

3338400

Web of Science ID:

000202497400049

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/23890 (FactScience: 44927)

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