Aortic valve replacement for severe aortic regurgitation caused by idiopathic giant cell aortitis.
Giant cell aoritis occurred in a 25-year-old woman, with absent pulses in the left arm and severe aortic regurgitation from dilatation of the valvar annulus. The aortic valve was replaced by a Starr-Edwards prosthesis, and the patient was treated with steroids. Five years later, she continues asymptomatic and haemodynamically stable. The left brachial and radial pulses have returned.
D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001025:Aortitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use
D011241:Prednisone