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Surgical excision of a caseous atheroma of the mitral annulus and biological valve replacement successfully resolved progressive dyspnea with no tumor recurrence at one-year follow-up.
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Surgical excision and valve replacement is an effective treatment for symptomatic caseous calcification of the mitral annulus causing combined mitral valve disease.
May support surgical excision in symptomatic caseous mitral annular calcification; leaves open optimal strategy pending larger studies.
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Bortlíčková et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus (n=1). Surgical excision and mitral valve replacement was evaluated on Resolution of symptoms and tumor recurrence. Surgical excision of a caseous atheroma of the mitral annulus and biological valve replacement successfully resolved progressive dyspnea with no tumor recurrence at one-year follow-up.
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