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[Aortic valve replacement for the patient with Osler-Rendu-Weber disease]
Yoshimasa Seike1, H Sato, M Nagashima
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, Matsuyama, Japan.
Abstract:
Osler Rendu-Weber (O-R W) disease (hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia) is characterized by an anormality of the peripheral blood vessels which often causes recurrent epistaxis. We presented a case of aortic valve replacement for the patient with O-R-W disease. A 75-year-old woman diagnosed as O-R-W disease with chest pain and dyspnea was admitted. Preoperative transthoratic echocardiography showed severe aortic valve stenosis (AS) with a pressure gradient (from left ventricle to ascending aorta) of 72.5 mmHg. Urgent aortic valve replacement (AVR) was performed after preoperative hormonal (estrogen-progesterone) therapy, that might be effective for bleeding from vascular ectasia. No hemorrhagic tendency was recognized and the postoperative course was uneventful.
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