Mitral valve replacement with a transcatheter valve in the setting of severe mitral annular calcification

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Mar;151(3):e47-e49. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.10.040. Epub 2015 Oct 23.

Authors

Raymond Lee¹, Shinichi Fukuhara¹, Isaac George¹, Michael A Borger²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
² Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 26602262
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.10.040

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Calcinosis / diagnosis
Calcinosis / physiopathology
Calcinosis / therapy*
Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation
Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
Female
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnosis
Heart Valve Diseases / physiopathology
Heart Valve Diseases / therapy*
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Humans
Mitral Valve* / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve* / physiopathology
Prosthesis Design
Suture Techniques
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome