title: Thalassemia and heart surgery: aortic valve repair after endocarditis.
abstract: Outcome after heart valve surgery in patients affected by thalassemia is an unreported issue and to the best of our knowledge only 7 cases have been described in the literature. Heart valve disease is commonly encountered in thalassemia patients and heart valve replacement carries high risk of prosthesis complications including thrombosis and embolization despite optimal anticoagulation management. We report a successful long-term outcome after a case of aortic valve repair after mycotic valve endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (ISMETT), Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppe.raffa78@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Giuseppe Maria
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Raffa
authors.affiliation: Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (ISMETT), Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mularoni
authors.affiliation: Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (ISMETT), Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Gesaro
authors.affiliation: Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (ISMETT), Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vizzini
authors.affiliation: Fondazione Istituto San Raffaele G. Giglio di Cefalù, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cipolla
authors.affiliation: Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (ISMETT), Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pilato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000150:complications*