title: Aortic valve replacement in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome and interstitial pneumonia.
abstract: There are a few reports of cardiac surgery in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). It is difficult to control bleeding and prevent infection in the presence of pancytopenia. Interstitial pneumonia, which is treated by steroid medication, is also a risk factor in cardiac surgery. Aortic valve replacement was successfully performed in a patient with severe thrombocytopenia associated with MDS, interstitial pneumonia and scleroderma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Daitoku
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Rieko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minakawa
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukui
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000150:complications*; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications