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Aortic valve replacement for a patient with warm-reactive autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Yoshitaka Hayashi1, Masakatsu Ohtani, Toshihiro Soma
1Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Minami National Hospital, 2-1 Kido-higashimachi, Kawachinagano, Osaka 586-8521, Japan. yhayashi@jun.ncvc.go.jp
Abstract:
We treated a 68-year-old woman with warm-reactive type of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) who underwent aortic valve replacement. In consideration of the different hemolytic mechanisms between cardiopulmonary bypass and warm-reactive AIHA, conventional surgical procedures could be performed after the discontinuation of steroid therapy.