Mitral annular calcification predicts immediate results of percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many previous studies have evaluated the impact of mitral valve (MV) deformity scores on the percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) outcome in patients with mitral stenosis; however, the relationship between mitral annulus calcification (MAC) and the PTMC result has not yet been established. The current study aimed to investigate whether MAC could independently influence the immediate result of PTMC.

Methods

Of all patients undergoing PTMC in our institution between April 2005 and November 2009, we included 87 patients (28.7%male, mean ± SD age = 42.8 ± 12.6 years) with rheumatic mitral stenosis who had additional data on the echocardiographic evaluation of MAC along with MV leaflets morphology. Echocardiographic assessments were repeated up to six

SUBMITTER: Salarifar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3217870 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature