Spontaneous calcific emboli from calcific mitral annulus fibrosus

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1976 Mar;100(3):117-20.

Abstract

Clinically important complications resulting from calcific mitral annulus fibrosus (CMAF) are unusual. They include mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis, and complete heart block. In one patient with massive CMAF associated with multiple systemic calcific emboli originating from the mitral valve, the emboli were the cause of multiple brain infarcts and a clinical course of unexplained neurological deterioration. We believe that this is the first report of such a complication occurring with CMAF.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Brain / pathology
  • Calcinosis / complications*
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Embolism / etiology*
  • Embolism / pathology
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / pathology
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / etiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve / pathology*