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Partial Translocation Mitral Valve Replacement with Autologous Pericardial Patch Reinforcement of Ventricularized Left Atrial Wall for Severe Annular Calcification Extending to the Left Ventricle
Author(s) -
Yasuda Shota,
Tokunaga Shigehiko,
Matsuki Yusuke,
Kanno Kenji,
Masuda Munetaka
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12175
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , calcification , cardiology , mitral valve replacement , mitral valve , chromosomal translocation , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
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. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12175 (J Card Surg 2013;28:648–650)