Unstable angina early after aortic valve replacement surgery in a female patient with normal coronary arteries preoperatively – a case report

BACKGROUND: Angina pectoris early after aortic valve replacement surgery in patients with previously normal coronary arteries may be life threatening and has to be assessed immediately. CASE REPORT: 12 weeks after aortic valve replacement surgery, a 60-year-old female patient was referred for evalua...

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Autores principales: Gruber, Sybille, Ng, Choi-Keung, Schwarz, Christian, Auer, Johann
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2711952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19570242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-4-29
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author Gruber, Sybille
Ng, Choi-Keung
Schwarz, Christian
Auer, Johann
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Auer, Johann
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description BACKGROUND: Angina pectoris early after aortic valve replacement surgery in patients with previously normal coronary arteries may be life threatening and has to be assessed immediately. CASE REPORT: 12 weeks after aortic valve replacement surgery, a 60-year-old female patient was referred for evaluation of recent onset of severe chest pain on mild exertion and at rest. Coronary angiography showed severe stenosis nvolving the left coronary ostium and the left main stem. The patient was urgently referred for bypass surgery and had an uneventful postoperative recovery. CONCLUSION: A high degree of suspicion is needed for early recognition and aggressive management of this rare but serious complication.
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spelling pubmed-27119522009-07-17 Unstable angina early after aortic valve replacement surgery in a female patient with normal coronary arteries preoperatively – a case report Gruber, Sybille Ng, Choi-Keung Schwarz, Christian Auer, Johann J Cardiothorac Surg Case Report BACKGROUND: Angina pectoris early after aortic valve replacement surgery in patients with previously normal coronary arteries may be life threatening and has to be assessed immediately. CASE REPORT: 12 weeks after aortic valve replacement surgery, a 60-year-old female patient was referred for evaluation of recent onset of severe chest pain on mild exertion and at rest. Coronary angiography showed severe stenosis nvolving the left coronary ostium and the left main stem. The patient was urgently referred for bypass surgery and had an uneventful postoperative recovery. CONCLUSION: A high degree of suspicion is needed for early recognition and aggressive management of this rare but serious complication. BioMed Central 2009-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2711952/ /pubmed/19570242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-4-29 Text en Copyright © 2009 Gruber et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Auer, Johann
Unstable angina early after aortic valve replacement surgery in a female patient with normal coronary arteries preoperatively – a case report
title Unstable angina early after aortic valve replacement surgery in a female patient with normal coronary arteries preoperatively – a case report
title_full Unstable angina early after aortic valve replacement surgery in a female patient with normal coronary arteries preoperatively – a case report
title_fullStr Unstable angina early after aortic valve replacement surgery in a female patient with normal coronary arteries preoperatively – a case report
title_full_unstemmed Unstable angina early after aortic valve replacement surgery in a female patient with normal coronary arteries preoperatively – a case report
title_short Unstable angina early after aortic valve replacement surgery in a female patient with normal coronary arteries preoperatively – a case report
title_sort unstable angina early after aortic valve replacement surgery in a female patient with normal coronary arteries preoperatively – a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2711952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19570242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-4-29
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