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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Acquired supravalvar aortic stenosis following heart transplantation: Report of 2 cases
Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Volume 21, No. 4, Year 2002
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Description
We report 2 cases of acquired supravalvar aortic stenosis (SVAS) complicating orthotopic cardiac transplantation that contributed to the post-operative death of both patients. In the first patient the stenosis resulted from kinking of a too-long graft aortic component that was rendered into a fixed deformity by healed mediastinitis and constrictive pericarditis. Supra-aortic stenosis in the second patient occurred at a site of multiple aortic cannulations that was surrounded by dense fibrosis. Acquired SVAS contributed to the death of the first patient (who had graft arteriopathy) and was the proximate cause of death in the second patient. Specific echocardiography of the ascending aorta, which is not routinely performed, may detect SAVS. Copyright © 2002 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
Authors & Co-Authors
Rose, Alan G.
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Medical School
Park, Soon J.
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Miller, Leslie W.
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Statistics
Citations: 10
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S1053-2498(01)00353-9
ISSN:
10532498
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Noncommunicable Diseases