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CALCIFICATION OF THE MITRAL ANNULUS
Author(s) -
WINDSOR HARRY M.,
SHANAHAN MARK X.,
CHANG VICTOR P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb04894.x
Subject(s) - medicine , calcification , mitral annulus , autopsy , mitral valve , annulus (botany) , mitral valve replacement , calcinosis , cardiology , surgery , general surgery , radiology , blood pressure , botany , biology , diastole
Successful valve replacement has been achieved within the first three years in two patients who had extensive calcification of the mitral valve annulus. This condition, although commonly reported in pathology and autopsy studies, has been rare in our clinical experience. Surgical management does not appear to us to have been reported previously. It was regarded in our earlier experience as a deterrent to mitral valve surgery. Certain technical factors which contributed to success are emphasized in the two cases described in this report.