Aortic valve-sparing procedure—a durable choice in liver transplantation recipient

A 44-year old man with aortic regurgitation and aneurysm of the ascending aorta underwent an aortic valve-sparing procedure as a durable treatment before liver transplantation. Since patients with chronic liver failure are at high risk of hemorrhagic complications at time of major surgery, while man...

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Autores principales: De Martino, Andrea, Pratali, Stefano, Carrai, Paola, Petruccelli, Stefania, De Simone, Paolo, Bortolotti, Uberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Singapore 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7868313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32656707
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11748-020-01434-y
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Sumario:A 44-year old man with aortic regurgitation and aneurysm of the ascending aorta underwent an aortic valve-sparing procedure as a durable treatment before liver transplantation. Since patients with chronic liver failure are at high risk of hemorrhagic complications at time of major surgery, while management of warfarin administration may still represent a concern, the choice of a cardiac procedure which avoids any anticoagulant treatment appeared justified.

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