title: "Mold-like" calcification of the left atrium and of the pulmonary veins. Total endoatriectomy in a patient undergoing mitral valve replacement.
abstract: Mold-like left atrial calcification is a rare aspect of rheumatic mitral valvular disease. Its interest lies in the difficulty of surgical technique during interventions for valvular substitution. This is a case report in which the total excision of the calcified mold by a wide endoatriectomy was necessary in order to substitute the stenotic mitral valve.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chirurgia del Cuore e dei Grossi Vasi, Universita La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ruvolo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Speziale
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mercogliano
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marino
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000473:pathology*