Intra-atrial placement of a mitral prosthesis in a patient with severe mitral annulus calcification: a case report

Heart Surg Forum. 2010 Feb;13(1):E25-7. doi: 10.1532/HSF98.20091093.

Abstract

An 88-year-old woman presented with increasing dyspnea and angina. She was found to have severe aortic stenosis, 2-vessel coronary artery disease, and severe mitral regurgitation. During surgery the patient was noted to have such severe mitral annular calcification that performing a conventional mitral valve replacement would have significantly increased the operative risk. Instead, an 8-mm Dacron graft was sutured onto the sewing cuff of a reversed 23-mm Mosaic porcine aortic valve (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA). The Dacron graft was then sutured to the left atrial wall surrounding the calcified mitral annulus. A bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement, along with a 2-vessel coronary artery bypass procedure, was also performed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Calcinosis / complications*
  • Calcinosis / surgery*
  • Female
  • Heart Atria / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome