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

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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… Click to show full 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.

Keywords: valve replacement; mitral annular; mitral valve; annular calcification

Journal Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Year Published: 2019

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