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SURVIVAL AFTER MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION AND MITRAL STENOSIS

Authors :
James D. Thomas
Samir R. Kapadia
Kinjal Banerjee
Zoran B. Popović
Rayji S. Tsutsui
Eli Simsolo
Source :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73:1977
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2019.

Abstract

Severe mitral annular calcification (MAC) makes mitral valve replacement (MVR) challenging. We investigated the outcomes of patients with MAC and MS undergoing MVR. Database for the years 1996 through 2013 was searched for patients who had severe and non-severe MAC defined semi-quantitatively.

Details

ISSN :
07351097
Volume :
73
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........d3a4c62f97fc235c711fd6446e4fa6f0
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(19)32583-5