title: Transcatheter mitral valve replacement in degenerated calcified native mitral valves: is the currently available technology suitable?
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Unit, Cardiocentro Ticino Foundation, Lugano, Switzerland Cardiac Surgery Unit, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland enricoferrari@bluewin.ch.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Danny
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dvir
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Mayra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guerrero
mesh_terms: D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D061205:Vascular Calcification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Calcific mitral stenosis; Mitral valve disease; Transcatheter mitral valve replacement