SURVIVAL AFTER MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION AND MITRAL STENOSIS

Severe mitral annular calcification (MAC) makes mitral valve replacement (MVR) challenging. We investigated the outcomes of patients with MAC and MS undergoing MVR. Database for the years 1996 through 2013 was searched for patients who had severe and non-severe MAC defined semi-quantitatively.