Successful replacement of aortic root with valve-sparing technique and proximal arch in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome.
Cardiac surgery in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) increases the risk of bleeding and infection. Here we report a case of a 70-year-old man with MDS who underwent successful replacement of the aortic root with the valve-sparing technique and proximal arch for aneurysmal dilatation from the aortic root to ascending aorta with moderate aortic valve regurgitation. Perioperatively, a transfusion of red blood cells and an infusion of a grannulocyte colony-stimulating factor were required for his serious erythrocytopenia and leukocytopenia. Bleeding tendency was so severe that re-exploration to control postoperative surgical bleeding was performed and a large amount of blood cells were transfused. There was no infection on the postoperative course. Perioperative management for cardiac surgery in patients with MDS must be carefully programmed by a co-operative team consisting of cardiovascular surgeons and hematologists.
Hasegawa
Tomomi
T
Division of Cardiovascular, Thoracic, and Pediatric Surgery, Department of Cardio-Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Tsukube
Takuro
T
Higuma
Tomonori
T
Okita
Yutaka
Y
D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed