Beating mitral valve replacement for a patient with porcelain aorta

Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004 Oct;52(10):488-90. doi: 10.1007/s11748-004-0147-3.

Abstract

Beating mitral valve replacement was performed for mitral valve stenosis in a patient with a porcelain aorta after aortic valve replacement. The 77-year-old patient had developed heart failure several times. A chest computed tomographic scan revealed severe calcification on the ascending aorta and aortic arch. A cardiopulmonary bypass was established by bicaval drainage and aortic return after epiaortic echographic evaluation of the ascending aorta. The mitral valve was successfully replaced under a beating heart.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Diseases / complications
  • Aortic Diseases / diagnosis
  • Aortic Diseases / surgery*
  • Calcinosis / diagnosis
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Calcinosis / surgery*
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass / methods*
  • Echocardiography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / complications
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed