Mitral annulus calcification is a chronic degenerative process in the fibrous base of the mitral valve. Assessment and treatment of mitral valve disease in patients with severe mitral annulus calcification is challenging, and a multimodal approach is helpful to delineate its severity and anatomic features, and to guide the therapeutic strategy. This article reviews the current literature to provide a clinically relevant description of mitral annulus calcification, analyze the diagnostic pathway of a patient with mitral annulus calcification, and summarize the therapeutic options.
Mitral annulus calcification: current management and future challenges / Carino, D; Agostinelli, A; El Qarra, S; Gripshi, F; Nicolini, F. - In: ASIAN CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC ANNALS. - ISSN 0218-4923. - 27:7(2019), pp. 565-572. [10.1177/0218492319867237]
Mitral annulus calcification: current management and future challenges.
Carino D;Nicolini FSupervision
2019-01-01
Abstract
Mitral annulus calcification is a chronic degenerative process in the fibrous base of the mitral valve. Assessment and treatment of mitral valve disease in patients with severe mitral annulus calcification is challenging, and a multimodal approach is helpful to delineate its severity and anatomic features, and to guide the therapeutic strategy. This article reviews the current literature to provide a clinically relevant description of mitral annulus calcification, analyze the diagnostic pathway of a patient with mitral annulus calcification, and summarize the therapeutic options.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
