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ArticleCureus2024

Chunky Mitral Annular Calcification: Caseoma or a Tumor?

Sakshi Khurana, Amit Gulati, Marlon E Rivera Boadla, Samuel Tan, Luka Katic, Anupam Sharma, Manish Vinayak, Kelash Kumar, Sachin Kumar, Amit Hooda

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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10 authors.

Sakshi KhuranaRadiology, New York Presbyterian-Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, USA.
Amit GulatiCardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
Marlon E Rivera BoadlaInternal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Samuel TanInternal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
Luka KaticInternal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
Anupam SharmaHematology and Oncology, Fortis Hospital, Noida, IND.
Manish VinayakCardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
Kelash KumarInternal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Sachin KumarCardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
Amit HoodaInterventional Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is relatively common in clinical practice. Females are more often affected than males. Patients with end-stage renal disease have MAC relatively more commonly than the general population. Patients with MAC often develop conduction system disturbances, including advanced atrioventricular blocks. They are also more likely to develop various arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation. Caseous mitral annulus calcification is a variant of MAC that often looks like a cardiac tumor on an echocardiogram and needs to be differentiated.

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atrial fibrillationatrioventricular conductioncaseous calcification of the mitral annulusend stage renal disease (esrd)mitral annulus calcification

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PMID38738040
PMCPMC11088215

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