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Do Complex Pathologies Remain a Challenge in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery?

open access: yesReviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
Minimally invasive mitral valve repair (MI-MVr) is the preferred treatment approach in experienced centers for mitral valve disease (MVD), offering reduced surgical trauma and fast recovery.
Martina Dini   +9 more
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Binary logistic regression of risk factors associated with presence of mitral annulus calcification (MAC).

open access: yes, 2015
Statistics: Univariate and multivariate binary logistic regressions were used to identify risk factors associated with presence of MAC. Multivariate analysis was performed using the stepwise backward method.Binary logistic regression of risk factors ...
Felix Grases (5661043)   +11 more
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Management of Concurrent Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm and Mitral Annular Calcification: A Case Report

open access: yesJournal of Chest Surgery
We describe the treatment of a 54-year-old man with a history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pericarditis who presented with left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following prior left anterior thoracotomy pericardial window.
Douglas Tran, Kevin Ho, David Zapata
doaj   +1 more source

Mitral Annular Calcification: Understanding the Disease and Treatment Options

open access: yesStructural Heart
Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is a degenerative process that causes calcium deposits along the mitral annulus. The pathophysiological mechanisms contributing to the development of MAC are not fully understood.
Marina Urena, MD, PhD   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surgery for infective endocarditis on mitral annulus calcification

open access: yes, 2007
Background and aim of the study: The study aim was to assess the characteristics of bacterial endocarditis complicating mitral annulus calcification, and to evaluate the surgical results.
D'Alessandro Cosimo   +6 more
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Tamponade Hemopericardium due to Mitral Annulus Abscess Rupture

open access: yes
We present the case of a 71-year-old diabetic woman, suffering from chronic renal failure and with a history of hemodialysis for 6 years, who suddenly died.
M. Boracchi   +3 more
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Papillary muscle and left ventricular trabecular calcification in rheumatic mitral stenosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Calcification of mitral valve apparatus in rheumatic pathology is not uncommon but isolated papillary muscle calcification and surrounding trabeculation is very rarely seen. Here valve leaflets and annulus are not calcified.
Kumar, Rohit   +2 more
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