Aortic root replacement in Behçet disease.
The patient presented with a history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis, genital ulceration, and a family history of positive for collagen disease. Echocardiography and retrograde aortography revealed aneurysm formation of the sinus of Valsalva, and dilatation of the aortic valve annulus with severe aortic regurgitation. On diagnosis of an aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva and aortic regurgitation associated with Behçet's disease, aortic root replacement with the modified Bentall technique was successfully performed.
Yoshikawa
Kazuhiro
K
Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan. yosshi@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
Hori
Hidetsugu
H
Fukunaga
Shuji
S
Tayama
Eiki
E
Aoyagi
Shigeaki
S
D000328:Adult; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone