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Evaluation of Left Ventricular Function by Systolic Time Intervals in Patients with Calcified Mitral Annulus

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Systolic Time Intervals

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Mitral ring calcification is the commonest abnormality found in elderly patients with systolic murmurs (1, 2). Extensive calcification of the mitral valve annulus which may produce variable degrees of mitral regurgitation can be strongly suspected in individuals over 50 years of age with systolic apical murmurs and no history of previous rheumatic heart disease. Calcified mitral annulus (CMA) is found in about 10% of autopsies in patients over age 50.

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  1. Institut für Anästhesiologie, Universität Graz Landeskrankenhaus, Auenbruggerplatz, 8036, Graz, Austria

    Werner List

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, J. Hillis Miller Health Center, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32610, USA

    Joachim S. Gravenstein

  3. University of Massachusetts, Medical School and St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts, 01604, USA

    David H. Spodick M. D., D. Sc.

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Zoneraich, S., Zoneraich, O., Patel, M., Thanks, S. (1980). Evaluation of Left Ventricular Function by Systolic Time Intervals in Patients with Calcified Mitral Annulus. In: List, W., Gravenstein, J.S., Spodick, D.H. (eds) Systolic Time Intervals. International Boehringer Mannheim Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46418-8_30

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