Combined valve replacement and coronary bypass grafting in osteogenesis imperfecta.
Open cardiac procedures in osteogenesis imperfecta have been associated with a high mortality rate. A patient with osteogenesis imperfecta underwent successful aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting along with closure of a patent foramen ovale in preparation for a planned hip replacement.
Almassi
G H
GH
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA.
Hughes
G R
GR
Bartlett
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000150:complications*