TY - JOUR
T1 - Thalassemia and heart surgery
T2 - Aortic valve repair after endocarditis
AU - Raffa, Giuseppe Maria
AU - Mularoni, Alessandra
AU - Di Gesaro, Gabriele
AU - Vizzini, Giovanni
AU - Cipolla, Tommaso
AU - Pilato, Michele
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Outcome after heart valve surgery in patients affected by thalassemia is an unreported issue and to the best of our knowledge only 7 cases have been described in the literature. Heart valve disease is commonly encountered in thalassemia patients and heart valve replacement carries high risk of prosthesis complications including thrombosis and embolization despite optimal anticoagulation management. We report a successful long-term outcome after a case of aortic valve repair after mycotic valve endocarditis.
AB - Outcome after heart valve surgery in patients affected by thalassemia is an unreported issue and to the best of our knowledge only 7 cases have been described in the literature. Heart valve disease is commonly encountered in thalassemia patients and heart valve replacement carries high risk of prosthesis complications including thrombosis and embolization despite optimal anticoagulation management. We report a successful long-term outcome after a case of aortic valve repair after mycotic valve endocarditis.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.083
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.083
M3 - Article
C2 - 25555980
AN - SCOPUS:84920612339
VL - 99
SP - e1-e2
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
SN - 0003-4975
IS - 1
ER -