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SUBMITTER: Van Hemelrijck M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7525373 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 20200127 4
Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is a chronic degenerative process that implies calcification on the mitral support structure. It usually appears as a bystander to other cardiac pathologies hindering surgical treatment and increasing morbidity and mortality. When addressing the mitral valve, many surgical strategies have been suggested in the past with no clear consensus on what to choose. Moreover, and as transcatheter therapies have gained popularity over the last few decades, transcatheter ...[more]