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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2005;13:100
© 2005 Asia Publishing EXchange Ltd

LETTER TO EDITOR

Mitral Annular Calcification

A Sampath Kumar, MCh

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110 029, India

Dr. Guden and his colleagues deserve congratulations for their innovative use of pericardium in a difficult group of patients.1 The use of fresh autologous pericardium for this purpose and the technique employed was first described by us in 1988.2 We also recently published long-term follow up data with continued survival of the patient.3 It is surprising that these studies have not been referred to by the authors. The fate of pericardium in this situation was at first questioned, however our observations over a 13-year period proved that it is satisfactory in annular repair.

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  1. Guden M, Kazimoglu K, Sanisoglu I, Sagbas E, Yaman R, Akpinar B. The use of autologous pericardium for complicated mitral valve annulus. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2004;12:7–10.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

  2. Kumar AS. Massive mitral and myocardial calcification: technical manoeuvres for successful valve replacement. Int J Cardiol 1988;20:279–82.[Medline]

  3. Kumar AS. Massive mitral and myocardial calcification: Technical manoeuvres for successful valve replacement. Int J Cardiol 2001;78:103–4[Medline]





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