Anatomic classification of mitral annular calcification for surgical and transcatheter mitral valve replacement.
Sophia L AlexisTalal S AlzahraniDeniz AkkocMichael SalnaOmar K KhaliqueAhmed El-EshmawiAditya SenguptaRebecca T HahnStamatios LerakisAnnapoorna KiniSamin K SharmaGeorge D DangasSusheel K KodaliMartin B LeonDavid H AdamsVinayak B BapatIsaac GeorgeGilbert H L TangPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2021)
The highest mortality was seen in percutaneous TMVR Type 2A MAC patients, but they were at the greatest risk. Here we provide an objective MAC treatment algorithm for all-comers based on operability/anatomy.