title: Mitral stenosis and regurgitation with systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.
abstract: Cases of valvular disease accompanied by systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome are uncommon. Here, we present a surgical case of mitral stenosis and regurgitation with systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. Mitral valve replacement was performed, and the postoperative course was uneventful. Pathohistological findings of the mitral valve showed degenerative change due to chronic inflammation, proliferative fibrous change and calcification without thrombus formation.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitahara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Amano
mesh_terms: D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*