Surgical management of life threatening events caused by intermittent aortic insufficiency in a native valve: case report

We describe a case of a patient admitted with apparent life threatening events characterized by hypotension and bradycardia. The patient was ultimately found to have intermittent severe aortic insufficiency. Upon surgical exploration, abnormalities were discovered in the aortic valve, which had a sm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Martin, Mary H, Perry, Stanton B, Prochazka, James V, Hanley, Frank L, Silverman, Norman H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2989957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21034457
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-94
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Sumario:We describe a case of a patient admitted with apparent life threatening events characterized by hypotension and bradycardia. The patient was ultimately found to have intermittent severe aortic insufficiency. Upon surgical exploration, abnormalities were discovered in the aortic valve, which had a small left coronary cusp with absence of the nodulus of Arantius. Following surgical repair of the valve, aimed at preventing the small cusp from becoming stuck in the open position, the patient has remained episode free for over one year.

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