Edge-to-edge mitral valve repair for anterior leaflet prolapse associated with extensive calcification of the mitral annulus: Report of a case.
Extensive mitral annular calcification remains a technical challenge in mitral valve surgery. Decalcification and reconstruction of the mitral annulus is an established technique, but it is time consuming and technically demanding. This report presents the case of an 88-year-old diabetic female patient in whom edge-to-edge repair was completed quickly, with good early results thus being obtained.
Abe
Tomonobu
T
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Social Insurance Chukyo Hospital, 1-1-10 Sanjyo, Minami-ku, Nagoya, 457-8510, Japan.
Ito
Toshiaki
T
Sunada
Masatoshi
M
Yoshizumi
Tomo
T
Kawamura
Akemi
A
Yamana
Koji
K
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*