title: Modified Surgical Intervention for Extensive Mitral Valve Endocarditis and Posterior Mitral Annular Calcification.
abstract: 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 technique to successfully treat a patient with mitral infective endocarditis complicated by a subendocardial abscess and extensive posterior mitral annular calcification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Carollo General Hospital.
authors.forename: Gwan Sic
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Carollo General Hospital.
authors.forename: Min Sun
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Beom
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Carollo General Hospital.
authors.forename: Sung Ryong
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Carollo General Hospital.
authors.forename: Na Rae
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Carollo General Hospital.
authors.forename: Ji Wook
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Carollo General Hospital.
authors.forename: Mi Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Carollo General Hospital.
authors.forename: Sang Wan
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ryu
keywords: Calcification; Endocarditis; Mitral valve