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.
Yoshida
Kazunori
K
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Akashi Medical Center, Akashi, Japan. kazu.y-akashi@amc1.jp
Tobe
Satoshi
S
Kawata
Masahito
M
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