Mitral Annular Calcification Predicts Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality
Fox C, Vasan R, Parise H, Levy D, O’Donnell C, D’Agostino R, Benjamin E. Mitral Annular Calcification Predicts Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality. Circulation 2003, 107: 1492-1496. PMID: 12654605, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000058168.26163.bc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitral annular calcificationIncident CVDCVD deathCause deathAnnular calcificationHazard ratioPresence of MACIncident CVD eventsIncidence of CVDCardiovascular disease outcomesFramingham Heart Study subjectsMultivariable adjusted analysesSmall retrospective studiesCommunity-based cohortM-mode echocardiographyProportional hazards modelCardiovascular morbidityCVD eventsCVD morbidityCVD riskEchocardiographic assessmentAdjusted analysisRetrospective studyProspective dataIndependent association