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Results 1 - 10 of 10 for Cardiac valve calcification
  1. Aortic Calcification: An Early Sign of Heart Valve Problems? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Heart Valve Diseases
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../FAQ-20058525?p=1 - External Health Links
  2. Heart Valve Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are heart valve diseases? Heart valve disease happens when one or more of your heart valves don't work well. Your heart has four valves: the tricuspid, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/heartvalvediseases.html - Health Topics
  3. Heart Valve Problems and Causes Video (American Heart Association)  
    ... due to aging – Lipid deposits, inflammation, fibrosis and calcification can lead to thickening of the heart valves, most commonly affecting the aortic valve, leading to ...
    https://www.heart.org/.../heart-valve-problems-and-causes - Videos
  4. Alkaptonuria 
    ... the spine can cause further back pain. This calcification can also affect the cartilage that makes up the valves of the heart, which allow blood to move through the heart and prevent blood from flowing backward. As a result, the heart valves narrow (stenosis), which can cause the valves to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/alkaptonuria - Genetics
  5. Mitral Valve Stenosis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Heart Valve Diseases/Specifics ... Heart Valve Diseases ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../symptoms-causes/syc-20353159?p=1 - External Health Links
  6. Gaucher disease 
    ... because it primarily affects the heart, causing the heart valves to harden (calcify). People with the cardiovascular form ... III Genetic Testing Registry: Gaucher disease-ophthalmoplegia-cardiovascular calcification syndrome Gaucher disease Gaucher disease type 1 National ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/gaucher-disease - Genetics
  7. Heart Tests From the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)  
    Arrhythmia/Diagnosis and Tests ... Arrhythmia ... Endocarditis/Diagnosis and Tests ... Endocarditis ... Kawasaki Disease/Diagnosis and Tests ... Kawasaki Disease ... Atrial Fibrillation/ ...
    https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/heart-tests - External Health Links
  8. Breast MRI scan 
    ... have: Brain aneurysm clips Certain types of artificial heart valves Heart defibrillator or pacemaker Inner ear ( cochlear ) implants ... which a mammogram can detect. Certain types of calcifications can be an indication of breast cancer. A ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007360.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Aortic Valve Stenosis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Heart Valve Diseases/Specifics ... Heart Valve Diseases
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../symptoms-causes/syc-20353139?p=1 - External Health Links
  10. NOTCH1 gene 
    ... the development of thoracic aortic aneurysms and in calcification of the valve. NOTCH1 gene mutations have been ... Novel NOTCH1 mutations in patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease and thoracic ... With Variable Cardiac Anomalies. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2015 Aug;8(4): ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/notch1 - Genetics