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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chauvaud, Sylvain M.
• Kalangos, Afkendiyos
• Berrebi, Alain J.
• Gaer, Jullien A.R.
• Acar, Christophe
• Carpentier, Alain F.

Titel

Systemic lupus erythematosus valvulitis: Mitral valve replacement with a homograft

Ist Teil von

• The Annals of thoracic surgery, 1995-12, Vol.60 (6), p.1803-1805

Ort / Verlag

New York, NY: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

1995

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• For many years, valvulitis in systemic lupus erythematosus has been known to occur. Our patient was a 17-year-old girl who presented with severe mitral incompetence and renal insufficiency due to lupus valvulitis. The patient was first treated by mitral valve repair, but follow-up disclosed precocious calcification of the valve, necessitating mitral valve replacement with a cryopreserved homograft. At follow-up after 1 year, echocardiography has shown the valve to be functioning normally. A reconstructive mitral valve operation would seem to be preferable. However, a conservative operation does not alter the natural history of the disease and the progression of valve thickening and calcification.