Prosthesis Replacement in a Calcified Mitral Annulus with Reconstruction of the Intervalvular Fibrous Body: The Value of an Alternative Repair

A patient with healed prosthetic endocarditis, severe calcification of the mitral annulus, and multiple mitral periprosthetic leaks underwent double-valve replacement, with reconstruction of the intervalvular fibrous body. Placing sutures through healthy autologous tissues from outside the heart ena...

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Main Authors: Konstantinov, Igor E., Carter, Martin, Saxena, Pankaj, Koniuszko, Miriam D., Singh, Tushar, Alvarez, John, Newman, Mark A.J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2006
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1524697/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16878635
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