Modified Surgical Intervention for Extensive Mitral Valve Endocarditis and Posterior Mitral Annular Calcification

Modified Surgical Intervention for Extensive Mitral Valve Endocarditis and Posterior Mitral Annular Calcification

The concomitant presence of posterior mitral annular calcification and infectious mitral valve lesions poses a technical challenge with considerable perioperative risk when using previously proposed techniques for mitral valve surgery. Herein, we report a case of the use of a modified surgical tec...

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Main Authors: Gwan Sic Kim, Min Sun Beom, Sung Ryong Kim, Na Rae Kim, Ji Wook Jang, Mi Hee Jang, Sang Wan Ryu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016-02-01
Series:Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Subjects:
Mitral valve
Endocarditis
Calcification
Online Access:http://www.kjtcvs.org/journal/download_pdf.php?doi=10.5090/kjtcs.2016.49.1.46

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