These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Building a new annulus: a technique for mitral valve replacement in heavily calcified annulus.
    Author: Di Stefano S, López J, Flórez S, Rey J, Arevalo A, San Román A.
    Journal: Ann Thorac Surg; 2009 May; 87(5):1625-7. PubMed ID: 19379934.
    Abstract:
    We describe the rationale, methodology, and our preliminary experience with a new surgical technique for mitral valve replacement in patients with severe calcification of the mitral annulus in which the conventional techniques can not be applied. In contrast with other procedures published in the literature for these patients, in which the placement of the prosthesis is supra-annular, we plicate both mitral leaflets and the atrial wall creating a new annulus that allows the intra-annular placement of the prosthesis.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]