Aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis with a small aortic annulus in a patient having Werner's syndrome and liver cirrhosis.
Werner's syndrome is a rare genetic disease characterized by premature aging and scleroderma-like involvement of the skin. We report a case of aortic valve replacement for severely calcified aortic valve stenosis with a small annulus in a patient suffering from Werner's syndrome and liver cirrhosis
Sogawa
M
M
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medicine and Dental Sciences, Japan.
Kasuya
S
S
Yamamoto
K
K
Koshika
M
M
Oguma
F
F
Hayashi
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014898:Werner Syndrome / Q000150:complications*