title: Ochronosis and alkaptonuria: report of a new case with calcified aortic valve stenosis.
abstract: A patient with calcified aortic valve disease secondary to ochronosis and alkaptonuria is presented. Urgent aortic valve replacement was necessary. The cardiovascular complications of this disease are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dereymaeker
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Parijs
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bayart
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Daenen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lauwerijns
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Geest
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000474:Alkaptonuria / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009794:Ochronosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics