• Angiology · Oct 1998

    Case Reports

    Implantation of a mechanical valve within the orifice of a mitral bioprosthesis in a case with severely calcified left atrium--a case report.

    • Y Sakakibara, N Moriki, T Doi, H Unno, K Matsuzaki, and T Mitsui.
    • Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
    • Angiology. 1998 Oct 1;49(10):857-60.

    AbstractThe case of a 61-year-old woman with deterioration of mitral bioprosthesis and severe left atrial calcification is presented. Although the implantation of a mechanical valve within the orifice of a mitral bioprosthesis was tried, we found a major pitfall in this method was exact orifice matching.

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