Mitral annular calcification with valve dysfunction remains a challenging syndrome. Operative risk is high, and available transcatheter therapies are limited. This study describes our initial ...

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Thus, echocardiography has become an essential tool in managing patients with mitral valve regurgitation. As well as assessing parameters of ventricular ... Moreover, the surgeon should know of any ...

who was suffering from severe mitral stenosis due to Mitral Annular Calcification (MAC), which is the narrowing of the mitral valve, the heart valve that controls the blood flow. The patient, who also ...

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These are the inlet valves to the two ventricles, the mitral valve on the left side and the tricuspid valve on the right.

The cause of this calcification is unknown. It is thought that mechanical stress on the valve over time causes structural changes predisposing it to calcification. Interestingly, diabetes ...

Mitral valve repair (MVRepair) has become the procedure of choice to correct severe degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR), due to its documented superiority to valve replacement regarding long-term ...