Systemic sclerosis and aortic valve stenosis: therapeutic implications in two cases of aortic valve replacement.
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.
Sponga
Sandro
S
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Italy. sandro.sponga@unipd.it
Basso
Cristina
C
Ruffatti
Amelia
A
Gerosa
Gino
G
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