"Mold-like" calcification of the left atrium and of the pulmonary veins. Total endoatriectomy in a patient undergoing mitral valve replacement.
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.
Ruvolo
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Istituto di Chirurgia del Cuore e dei Grossi Vasi, Universita La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
Greco
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E
Speziale
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G
Mercogliano
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D
Marino
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B
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*