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Published in: Pediatric Cardiology 4/2009

01-05-2009 | Images in Pediatric Cardiology

Serpigenous Calcification in the Heart

Authors: Sivasankaran Sivasubramonian, Shomu Bohora

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 4/2009

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A 51-year-old perimenopausal woman was admitted for evaluation of insidious-onset of congestive cardiac failure and atrial fibrillation. She was known to have moderate mitral regurgitation from childhood, which was considered to be of probable rheumatic origin. She was not habituated to tobacco and her two pregnancies were uneventful. Hematogram and blood chemistries were normal and there was no contributory family history. …
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Metadata
Title
Serpigenous Calcification in the Heart
Authors
Sivasankaran Sivasubramonian
Shomu Bohora
Publication date
01-05-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 4/2009
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-009-9402-9

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