title: Systemic sclerosis and aortic valve stenosis: therapeutic implications in two cases of aortic valve replacement.
abstract: Cardiac involvement is very frequent and underestimated in systemic sclerosis, but few reports have been published on the surgical treatment of patients with systemic sclerosis. We describe herein two cases of valve replacement because of aortic stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Italy. sandro.sponga@unipd.it
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sponga
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Basso
authors.forename: Amelia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruffatti
authors.forename: Gino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gerosa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome