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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-22
pubmed:abstractText
A 37-year-old man with systemic lupus erythematosus, who underwent an aortic valve replacement with a Carpentier-Edwards porcine valve for severe aortic insufficiency, was admitted to the hospital with pulmonary edema. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed severe aortic insufficiency arising from partial dehiscence of the valve sewing ring, as well as centrally from the valve cusp. In addition, marked thickening of the mitral valve was observed with severe eccentric regurgitation. At surgery, valvulitis of the native mitral and bioprosthetic aortic valves was demonstrated, with a perforation of the porcine valve cusp. After replacement of both valves, the patient had a stormy postoperative course with recurrent communications between the left ventricle and atrium requiring multiple surgeries and eventually died. This case illustrates the severity of valvulopathy and ensuing complications that can affect patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and demonstrates that the valvulopathy can affect bioprosthetic valves, a finding that has significant implications as to the type of valve replacement in these patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0894-7317
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
104-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Aortic Valve, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Aortic Valve Insufficiency, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Bioprosthesis, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Echocardiography, Transesophageal, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Endocarditis, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Fatal Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Heart Valve Prosthesis, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Mitral Valve, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Mitral Valve Insufficiency, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Prosthesis Failure, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Pulmonary Edema, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Reoperation, pubmed-meshheading:8679231-Surgical Wound Dehiscence
pubmed:articleTitle
Valvulitis involving a bioprosthetic valve in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports