Clinical and echocardiographic outcomes of patients with mitral annular calcification undergoing mitral valve surgery: a 10-year single center experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is a chronic and degenerative process, affecting the mitral valve annulus. MAC complicates the decision over the appropriate surgical approach to mitral valve disease. Distorted valvular anatomy increases surgical risk and therefore requires careful patient selection. Here, we report our single-center experience performing mitral valve surgery in the setting of MAC over a 10-year period.

Methods

This is a 10-year retrospective analysis of 172 patients with MAC. Sixty-seven patients underwent MAC severity scoring using a 10-point system based on computed tomography (CT). The primary outcome was 30-day mortality, readmission, reoperation, stroke, prolonged ventilation, renal failure and deep sternal infection. Secondary analyses st

SUBMITTER: Kanade R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12690410 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature