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Kazunori Yoshida1, Satoshi Tobe, Masahito Kawata
1Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Akashi Medical Center, Akashi, Japan. kazu.y-akashi@amc1.jp
Abstract:
The authors report the case of a 72-year-old woman with severe aortic stenosis who had a bleeding tendency develop due to type IIA acquired von Willebrand disease. She underwent aortic valve replacement with a 19-mm Freestyle stentless valve (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, MN). The postoperative course was uneventful and the bleeding tendency resolved. A review of this operative case from our institution demonstrated that aortic valve replacement was one of the most effective treatments of this disease, which can be potentially lifesaving.
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