title: Multimodality imaging of exuberant mitral annular calcification in a patient presenting with transient ischaemic attack.
abstract: We report an unusual case of calcification of mitral valve annulus imaged with multiple non-invasive modalities in a patient who suffered a transient ischaemic attack, probably from thrombus overlying the mitral annular calcification. Both this mode of presentation and the imaging features of the annular calcification were relatively unusual, and the images obtained are remarkably clear and diagnostic.
authors.affiliation: Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vijayan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fielding
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kahan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ionescu
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed