title: Aortic valve replacement for a patient with warm-reactive autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
abstract: We treated a 68-year-old woman with warm-reactive type of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) who underwent aortic valve replacement. In consideration of the different hemolytic mechanisms between cardiopulmonary bypass and warm-reactive AIHA, conventional surgical procedures could be performed after the discontinuation of steroid therapy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Minami National Hospital, 2-1 Kido-higashimachi, Kawachinagano, Osaka 586-8521, Japan. yhayashi@jun.ncvc.go.jp
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Masakatsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohtani
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soma
authors.forename: Yoshikado
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasako
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans