Key result
Cardiac surgery with mitral ring annuloplasty and drainage of caseous material successfully reduced moderate to severe mitral regurgitation to trivial levels and improved symptoms in a patient with caseous calcification of the mitral annulus.
Population
A 69-year-old woman with caseous calcification of the mitral annulus, moderate to severe mitral…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
7 days
Authors
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May support surgical drainage with annuloplasty for regurgitation from caseous mitral calcification; single case leaves open need for larger studies.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus can cause significant mitral regurgitation and functional impairment, which can be successfully treated with surgical drainage and ring annuloplasty.
Minardi et al. (2008) conducted a case report in Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus with mitral regurgitation (n=1). Cardiac surgery (mitral ring annuloplasty and drainage) was evaluated on Mitral regurgitation severity and symptomatic improvement. Cardiac surgery with mitral ring annuloplasty and drainage of caseous material successfully reduced moderate to severe mitral regurgitation to trivial levels and improved symptoms in a patient with caseous calcification of the mitral annulus.
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