Unusual Manifestations of Coral Reef Aorta Complicated Severe Valvular Heart Disease in a Dialysis Patient

We report the unusual case of a 68-year-old man with coral reef aorta complicated with severe calcified valvular heart disease who has been undergoing dialysis for 21 years. This report highlights the etiology and the unusual manifestations of coral reef aorta in a long-term dialysis patient. (Level...

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Autores principales: Marumoto, Akira, Shintani, Takashi, Tanaka, Kenji, Kitabayashi, Katsukiyo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8571789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34766023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.08.014
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Sumario:We report the unusual case of a 68-year-old man with coral reef aorta complicated with severe calcified valvular heart disease who has been undergoing dialysis for 21 years. This report highlights the etiology and the unusual manifestations of coral reef aorta in a long-term dialysis patient. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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