Minimally Invasive Hybrid Approach to High Risk Mitral Disease With Severe Mitral Annular Calcification

Can J Cardiol. 2020 Jun;36(6):966.e11-966.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.12.008. Epub 2019 Dec 12.

Abstract

Severe circumferential mitral annular calcification (MAC) remains a significant challenge, complicating surgical treatment of mitral valve disease. Transcatheter treatment options are attractive; however, they remain fraught with risks of annular fixation, paravalvular leak, atrioventricular-groove disruption, and left-ventricular outflow tract obstruction. We describe a novel minimally invasive hybrid technique of transcatheter mitral valve replacement in a patient with severe circumferential MAC.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Echocardiography / methods
  • Endoscopy / methods
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation* / instrumentation
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation* / methods
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis* / diagnosis
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis* / etiology
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis* / physiopathology
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis* / surgery
  • Mitral Valve* / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve* / pathology
  • Mitral Valve* / surgery
  • Risk Adjustment / methods*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome