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SUBMITTER: Fatehi Hassanabad A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9402947 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fatehi Hassanabad Ali A Adams Corey A CA Kent William D T WDT
CJC open 20220406 8
Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is a degenerative process that can cause mitral valve stenosis. Conventional surgical mitral valve replacement (MVR) for MAC with mitral stenosis can be challenging and associated with significant risk. Open surgical MVR with a transcatheter valve can offer an alternative in select situations. When such a strategy is not feasible, a beating-heart, mini-thoracotomy MVR with a SAPIEN 3 transcatheter heart valve can be considered. The novel teaching point of this ...[more]