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A rare case of caseous necrosis of mitral valve

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus, an uncommon kind of intracardiac mass, is a form of degenerative disease that afflicts the mitral valve causing liquefactive or caseous necrosis.
Deepti Naik , Sanjaya Viswamitra
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Degenerative mitral valve regurgitation: best practice revolution

, 2020
Degenerative mitral valve disease often leads to leaflet prolapse due to chordal elongation or rupture, and resulting in mitral valve regurgitation. Guideline referral for surgical intervention centres primarily on symptoms and ventricular dysfunction ...
Volkmar Falk, David H Adams, Raphael Rosenhek   +2 more
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Mitral Transcatheter Technologies

Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2013
Mitral valve regurgitation (MR) is often diagnosed in patients with heart failure and is associated with worsening of symptoms and reduced survival. While surgery remains the gold standard treatment in low-risk patients with degenerative MR, in high-risk
Francesco Maisano, Nicola Buzzati, Maurizio Taramasso, Ottavio Alfieri   +3 more
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Sudden cardiac arrest as first manifestation of malignant mitral valve prolapse in a young patient: a case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a primary valvular disease of the mitral valve with a prevalence of 2.4% of the general population. Valve abnormalities range from simple fibroelastic deficiency of the leaflets to diffuse myxomatous degenerative changes ...
Leila Bigdelu, Zouheir Bitar, Ossama Maadarani   +2 more
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A retrospective audit of mitral valve repair surgery at Tygerberg Hospital

SA Heart Journal, 2018
Background: Mitral valve repair is well established as the preferred treatment modality for the majority of patients with degenerative mitral valve disease requiring intervention. Valve repair offers a distinct event-free survival advantage compared with
Al Naili, M. , Herbst, P. G. , Doubell, A. F. , Janson, J. J. , Pecoraro, A. J. K.   +4 more
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Indicators for pulmonary hypertension in dogs with degenerative mitral valve disease. [PDF]

Vet World, 2023
Chalermpromma P, Surachetpong SD.
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Effects of Surgical Techniques on Long-Term Results in Patients with Degenerative Mitral Valve Bileaflet Prolapse

, 2016
The study aim was to evaluate the long-term results in patients with degenerative mitral valve bileaflet prolapse (DMVBLP) undergoing mitral valve repair (MVr) or mitral valve replacement (MVR), and to compare the consequences of survival related to each
Pascarella, Clemente, Nappi, Gianantonio, Santé, Pasquale, Signoriello, Giuseppe, Petrone, Giuseppe, Bellitti, Renato   +5 more
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Clinical and echocardiographic differences between rheumatic and degenerative mitral stenosis

Introduction: Degenerative mitral stenosis (DMS) is frequently cited as increasing in prevalence in the developed world, although comparatively little is known about DMS in comparison to rheumatic mitral stenosis (RMS).
Tony Yi-Wei Li, Tiong-Cheng Yeo, Huay Cheem Tan, Li Min Julia Ng, Eng How Lim, Kian-Keong Poh, Meei-Wah Chan, William KF Fong, Hui Sia Ching, Ryan Leow   +9 more
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Reoperation for failure of mitral valve repair [PDF]

, 1997
Background and Objective: Mitral valve repair is the procedure of choice to correct mitral regurgitation of all types. Up to 10% of patients who undergo mitral valvuloplasty require late reoperation for recurrent mitral valve dysfunction.
Loop, Floyd D., Cosgrove, Delos M., Stewart, Robert W., Taylor, Paul C., Muehrcke, Derek D., Gillinov, A.Marc, Smedira, Nicholas G., Lytle, Bruce W., McCarthy, Patrick M., Apperson-Hansen, Carolyn   +9 more
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Multimodality imaging in assessment of mitral valve tumors: An unusual papillary fibroelastoma?

Radiology Case Reports
Mitral valve masses are uncommon. These tumors and tumor-like lesions may have similar morphological and clinical characteristics, but different outcomes. Unlike valvular tumors, caseous calcification of the mitral annulus (CCMA) is a benign degenerative
Oumama Soussi, MD, Hamza Chraibi, MD, Sanae Es-sebbani, PhD, Omar Ech-Cherif El Kettani, MD, Lamyaa Bakamel, MD, Emad Massri, MD, Mounir Nesnassi, MD, Hasnaa Leghlimi, PhD, Fadoua Lachhab, MD, Mohammed Tribak, PhD, Rokya Fellat, PhD, Adil Bensouda, PhD, Nesma Bendagha, PhD, Aida Soufiani, PhD, Said Moughil, PhD   +14 more
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