Aortic valve replacement for a patient with warm-reactive autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
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.
Hayashi
Yoshitaka
Y
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Minami National Hospital, 2-1 Kido-higashimachi, Kawachinagano, Osaka 586-8521, Japan. yhayashi@jun.ncvc.go.jp
Ohtani
Masakatsu
M
Soma
Toshihiro
T
Sasako
Yoshikado
Y
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