title: Cardiac valve degeneration in a patient with Sneddon syndrome.
abstract: Sneddon syndrome--a rare cause of aortic and mitral valve stenosis. Sneddon syndrome is a rare disorder that leads to repeated occurrence of cerebrovascular disease and skin manifestation, defined as livedo racemosa generalisata. The authors report the occurrence of multiple valve degenerations in a 49-year-old patient with Sneddon syndrome, which seemed to have been asymptomatic through a long period of time and was diagnosed as it needed a complex surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Centre, University Leipzig, Strümpellstraße 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany, Raluca.Diosteanu@helios-kliniken.de.
authors.forename: Raluca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Diosteanu
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schuler
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D018860:Sneddon Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis