An Unusual Case of Aortic Stenosis in Systemic Sclerosis

Systemic sclerosis is a connective tissue disorder that frequently involves the heart. All cardiac structures can be involved but aortic valve involvement is rare. We report a case of an 83-year-old man with a history of systemic sclerosis presenting with shortness of breath. A transthoracic echocar...

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Autores principales: Kagalwalla, Mustafa, Gupta, Medhavi, Malwi, Umme Haani, Hussain, Nazia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Rheumatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5493466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28690937
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1303
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description Systemic sclerosis is a connective tissue disorder that frequently involves the heart. All cardiac structures can be involved but aortic valve involvement is rare. We report a case of an 83-year-old man with a history of systemic sclerosis presenting with shortness of breath. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed severe aortic stenosis that could not be explained by other causes. These patients often pose challenges in management as they are not surgical candidates. Transaortic valvular implantation is a viable option for these patients.
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spelling pubmed-54934662017-07-07 An Unusual Case of Aortic Stenosis in Systemic Sclerosis Kagalwalla, Mustafa Gupta, Medhavi Malwi, Umme Haani Hussain, Nazia Cureus Rheumatology Systemic sclerosis is a connective tissue disorder that frequently involves the heart. All cardiac structures can be involved but aortic valve involvement is rare. We report a case of an 83-year-old man with a history of systemic sclerosis presenting with shortness of breath. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed severe aortic stenosis that could not be explained by other causes. These patients often pose challenges in management as they are not surgical candidates. Transaortic valvular implantation is a viable option for these patients. Cureus 2017-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5493466/ /pubmed/28690937 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1303 Text en Copyright © 2017, Kagalwalla et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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