Relationships between mitral annular calcification and cardiovascular events: A meta-analysis.
Tom Kai Ming WangBrian P GriffinBo XuLeonardo L RodriguezZoran B PopovicMarc A GillinovGosta B PetterssonMilind Y DesaiPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2020)
Mitral annular calcification was overall associated with higher rates of death, and both individual and composite cardiovascular events. The presence of increasingly encountered MAC has significant clinical implications for cardiovascular risk assessment and valvular interventions.