Aortic valve replacement after previous coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with antiphospholipid syndrome

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Tập 46 - Trang 257-259 - 1998
Genichi Sakaguchi1, Kazuaki Minami1, Shogo Nakayama1, Hiroshi Tsuneyoshi1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Tóm tắt

We report a 55-year-old female patient with antiphospholipid syndrome secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus. The patient had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting for myocardial infarction due to left main trunk stenosis at the age of 52. Subsequently, she developed aortic insufficiency and underwent aortic valve replacement without any hemodynamic or hemostatic problems. Both coronary and valve disease should be considered in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus.

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