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Purposeful use of multimodality imaging in the diagnosis of caseous mitral annular calcification: a case series report.

Krunoslav Michael SvericIvan PlatzekElena GolgorRalf-Thorsten HoffmannAxel LinkeStefanie Jellinghaus
Published in: BMC medical imaging (2022)
CMAC is a rare condition, and most clinicians and even radiologists are not familiar with it. CMAC can be mistaken for an intra-cardiac tumour, thombus, vegetation, or abscess. Non-invasive multimodality imaging (i.e. Echo, MRI, and CT) helps to establish a definitive diagnosis of CMAC and avoid unnecessary interventions especially in uncertain cases.
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