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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.
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Toyama, M., Usui, A., Murayama, H. et al. Beating mitral valve replacement for a patient with porcelain aorta. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 52, 488–490 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-004-0147-3
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