title: Prominent posterior mitral annular calcification causing embolic stroke and mimicking left atrial fibroma.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Ultrasound Lab, Blake 2, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. doctorpoh@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Kian Keong
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Poh
authors.forename: Malissa J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Ricardo C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Cury
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed