Key result
Caseous mitral valve calcification progresses to embolization, mitral regurgitation, and pericardial constriction over six months.
Case Report (n=1)
Caseous calcification of the mitral valve can present with systemic embolization and progress to pericardial constriction and significant mitral regurgitation.
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Alerts clinicians to embolic, regurgitant, and constrictive risks; leaves open prospective data on natural history and management.
Motwani et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Caseous calcification of the mitral valve (n=1). Diagnostic imaging was evaluated. Caseous calcification of the mitral valve in a 64-year-old man was complicated by embolization, mitral regurgitation, and pericardial constriction over 6 months.
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