Acquired von Willebrand disease type IIA in patients with aortic valve stenosis.
The authors report the case of a 72-year-old woman with severe aortic stenosis who had a bleeding tendency develop due to type IIA acquired von Willebrand disease. She underwent aortic valve replacement with a 19-mm Freestyle stentless valve (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, MN). The postoperative course was uneventful and the bleeding tendency resolved. A review of this operative case from our institution demonstrated that aortic valve replacement was one of the most effective treatments of this disease, which can be potentially lifesaving.
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Akashi Medical Center, Akashi, Japan. kazu.y-akashi@amc1.jp
Kazunori
K
Yoshida
Satoshi
S
Tobe
Masahito
M
Kawata
D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014842:von Willebrand Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000032:analysis
D014841:von Willebrand Factor