Mitral Annular Calcification and Mitral Valve Replacement: A New Approach

Mitral valve replacement is technically challenging in the context of mitral annular calcification. A new surgical strategy is described that was used in a 71-year-old obese patient, where intraatrial prosthesis insertion and valve fixation into native uncalcified structures were performed without c...

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Published inThe Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 105; no. 2; pp. e55 - e57
Main Authors Lafrenière-Bessi, Valérie, Cameron-Gagné, Maude, Perron, Jean, Lévesque, Marie-Hélène, Laflamme, Maxime, Charbonneau, Éric, Mohammadi, Siamak, Jacques, Frédéric
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.02.2018
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Summary:Mitral valve replacement is technically challenging in the context of mitral annular calcification. A new surgical strategy is described that was used in a 71-year-old obese patient, where intraatrial prosthesis insertion and valve fixation into native uncalcified structures were performed without calcium debridement.
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ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.09.028