title: An echogenic object in the left atrium: a consequence of end-stage renal disease?
authors.affiliation: Anesthesia Service, Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI. Electronic address: pspagel@mcw.edu.
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Pagel
authors.forename: M Tracy
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Zundel
mesh_terms: D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
keywords: causes of mitral valve calcification; end-stage renal disease; mitral valve; natural history of valve calcification; posterior mitral leaflet