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Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
The peer-reviewed journal of Baylor Scott & White Health
Volume 35, 2022 - Issue 5
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Case Studies

Fatal mitral stenosis secondary to massive mitral annular calcium

, MD, , MD & , MD
Pages 697-699 | Received 26 Apr 2022, Accepted 09 May 2022, Published online: 23 May 2022
 

Abstract

Described herein are two patients who developed fatal acute heart failure due to mitral stenosis (MS) secondary to massive mitral annular calcium (MAC). This mechanism causing MS is rather unusual, but, nevertheless, it is probably the most common cause of MS today in Native Americans. Operative intervention for MS secondary to MAC is, as shown previously, hazardous and too frequently fatal.

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