Aortic valvulitis complicating Wegener's granulomatosis
| Autor: | A D Fox, S E Robbins |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Aortic valve Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Aortic Valve Insufficiency Aortic valve replacement Internal medicine Medicine Humans Wegener s Heart Failure business.industry Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis medicine.disease Aortic Incompetence Connective tissue disease Surgery Radiography medicine.anatomical_structure Heart failure Aortic Valve Wegener granulomatosis Cardiology cardiovascular system Cusp (anatomy) business Research Article |
| Popis: | In a case of Wegener's granulomatosis aortic valve replacement was performed for worsening congestive cardiac failure secondary to aortic incompetence. Two paravalvular lesions and an isolated intraleaflet deficiency of the non-coronary cusp were identified at operation. Histological changes were consistent with a connective tissue disease. |
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