title: Caseous calcification of the anterior mitral valve annulus presenting as intracardiac mass.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St Louis, MO, USA. cvsisfun@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sotiris C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Stamou
authors.forename: Alan C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Braverman
authors.forename: Nicholas T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Kouchoukos
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009336:Necrosis; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000209:etiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome