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The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
; : 46-49, 2016.
Article
in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-222286
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.