Skip to main content
Figure 3 | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Figure 3

From: Using a double-plicated posterior leaflet as an anchor for mitral valve replacement: a case of mitral annular calcification

Figure 3

(A) Cross-sectional view of our operation using a standard prosthetic mitral valve. The area around the posterior leaflet and the annular calcification is shown. (B) The systolic phase in the parasternal long-axis view of the two-dimensional echocardiogram, taken more than 12 years after surgery, shows no perivalvular leakage. AV: aortic valve; C: cuff; D: disc; P: pledget; EP: equine pericardium; PL: posterior leaflet; MAC: mitral annular calcification; LA: left atrial wall; LV: left ventricular wall.

Back to article page

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

Contact us