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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Volume 304, Issue -, Pages 135-137Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.01.020
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Little is known about the prevalence, presentation and management of calcific mitral valve disease (CMVD). We identified 167 patients (80 +/- 10 years; 79% women) with significant CMVD undergoing transthoracic echocardiography at our institution in 2016. Patients presented with significant co-morbidities, 47% had moderate/severe mitral stenosis, 38% had 3+/4+ mitral regurgitation and 15% had a combination of both. Fifty-eight percent were symptomatic. Most symptomatic patients were managed conservatively and incurred higher mortality and mortality/heart failure admission rates than those managed surgically. These data highlight the importance of gaining mechanistic insights into CMVD to prevent its occurrence and avoid the need for high-risk surgery, which is seldom performed in contemporary practice. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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