title: Surgical antegrade transcatheter mitral valve implantation for symptomatic mitral valve disease and heavily calcified annulus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Bettina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Langhammer
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Geneve University Hospital, Geneve, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Windecker
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carrel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design