Mitral Annular Calcification and Mitral Valve Replacement: A New Approach.

Lafrenière-Bessi, Valérie; Cameron-Gagné, Maude; Perron, Jean; Lévesque, Marie-Hélène; Laflamme, Maxime; Charbonneau, Éric; Mohammadi, Siamak; Jacques, Frédéric · Ann Thorac Surg · 2018

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

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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