Characterizing Risks Associated with Mitral Annular Calcification in Mitral Valve Replacement.

CONCLUSIONS: The presence of MAC alone, regardless of severity, was independently associated with increased operative mortality and adverse postoperative outcomes. Even after adjusting for attendant cardiovascular and metabolic comorbidities, centers with low MV case volumes were found to have worse outcomes after MVR.
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - June 13, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Kaneko T, Hirji S, Percy E, Aranki S, McGurk S, Body S, Heydarpour M, Mallidi H, Singh S, Pelletier M, Rawn J, Shekar P Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research