Modified Surgical Intervention for Extensive Mitral Valve Endocarditis and Posterior Mitral Annular Calcification.
10.5090/kjtcs.2016.49.1.46
- Author:
Gwan Sic KIM
1
;
Min Sun BEOM
;
Sung Ryong KIM
;
Na Rae KIM
;
Ji Wook JANG
;
Mi Hee JANG
;
Sang Wan RYU
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Carollo General Hospital, Korea. ryusangwan@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mitral valve;
Endocarditis;
Calcification
- MeSH:
Abscess;
Endocarditis*;
Humans;
Mitral Valve*
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2016;49(1):46-49
- CountryRepublic 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.
