title: Aortic valve replacement in a woman with osteogenesis imperfecta.
abstract: The mortality rate in cardiac surgery patients with heritable generalized connective tissue disorders, such as Marfan s syndrome and osteogenesis imperfecta, is high due to tissue friability. We describe a successful open heart surgery for repair of aortic regurgitation in a woman with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). Although tissue friability caused no problems during surgery in this case, it should be kept in mind when operating on patients with OI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mito Saiseikai General Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Setsuo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuraoka
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohtani
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuroda
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000150:complications*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage