title: Outcome of mitral valve repair in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: We present a 17-year-old woman with a 5-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The patient referred to us with the rheumatic involvement of the mitral valve and was treated with mitral valve repair by ring annuloplasty and anterior leaflet augmentation with autologous pericardium. Follow-up, however, disclosed precocious calcification of the valve, necessitating mitral valve replacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Day General Hospital, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. farideh_roshanali@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Farideh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roshanali
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oraii
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mandegar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium