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Rapid progression of mitral stenosis during watchful waiting for the asymptomatic degenerative severe aortic stenosis: a case of caseous calcification of mitral annulus

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    Daiki Tsujimoto, Satoshi Kobara, Yoshiaki Inoue & Kinya Shirota

  2. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Matsue Red Cross Hospital, Matsue, Japan

    Naoki Sumi & Yoshinobu Nakamura

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Tsujimoto, D., Sumi, N., Kobara, S. et al. Rapid progression of mitral stenosis during watchful waiting for the asymptomatic degenerative severe aortic stenosis: a case of caseous calcification of mitral annulus. J Echocardiogr 21, 175–176 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-022-00585-6

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