Mitral valve prosthesis implanted in the atrial position in a patient with extensive calcification extending from epicardium to mitral annulus

BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Oct 9:2017:bcr2017222142. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-222142.

Authors

Sana Ghafoor Rahman¹, Atiq Rehman¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Camden, New Jersey, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiovascular medicine; valvar diseases.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Calcinosis / complications*
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
Calcinosis / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / surgery*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / complications*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
Mitral Valve Stenosis / complications*
Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Stenosis / surgery
Pericardium
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods