Is coronary angiography still valuable for assessing intermediate left main coronary artery lesions when compared with intracoronary diagnostic techniques?

نویسندگان

  • Antonio J Muñoz-García
  • Manuel F Jiménez-Navarro
  • Juan H Alonso-Briales
  • José M Hernández-García
چکیده

of other benign neoplasias. Calcified cardiac tuberculomas are infrequent and there is usually a history of tuberculosis,5 which was not the case for our patient. Cardiac tophaceous pseudogout and tumoral calcinosis are 2 rare entities associated with chronic kidney disease. However, tumoral calcinosis commonly appears as a dense calcium extension on the mitral ring and/or the aortic arch, with systemic calcification in non-skeletal tissue,5,7 which was not observed during the study of our patient.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista espanola de cardiologia

دوره 61 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008