The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  2016;49(1):46-49

doi:10.5090/kjtcs.2016.49.1.46

Modified Surgical Intervention for Extensive Mitral Valve Endocarditis and Posterior Mitral Annular Calcification.

Gwan Sic KIM 1 ; Min Sun BEOM ; Sung Ryong KIM ; Na Rae KIM ; Ji Wook JANG ; Mi Hee JANG ; Sang Wan RYU

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Keywords

Mitral valve; Endocarditis; Calcification

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

The concomitant presence of posterior mitral annular calcification and infectious mitral valve lesions poses a technical challenge with considerable perioperative risk when using previously proposed techniques for mitral valve surgery. Herein, we report a case of the use of a modified surgical technique to successfully treat a patient with mitral infective endocarditis complicated by a subendocardial abscess and extensive posterior mitral annular calcification.