title: Partial translocation mitral valve replacement with autologous pericardial patch reinforcement of ventricularized left atrial wall for severe annular calcification extending to the left ventricle.
abstract: We describe a technique of partial translocation with an autologous pericardial patch reinforcement of the left atrial wall in patients with extensive mitral annular calcification (MAC) who require mitral valve replacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Shota
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Shigehiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuki
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanno
authors.forename: Munetaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D012086:Reoperation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D056346:Sternotomy; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome