AORTIC VALVULITIS COMPLICATING WEGENERS GRANULOMATOSIS

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作者
FOX, AD
ROBBINS, SE
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[1] SOUTHMEAD GEN HOSP,BRISTOL BS10 5NB,AVON,ENGLAND
[2] BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRM & GEN HOSP,DEPT CARDIAC SURG,BRISTOL BS2 8HW,AVON,ENGLAND
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10.1136/thx.49.11.1176
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R56 [呼吸系及胸部疾病];
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摘要
In a case of Wegener's granulomatosis aortic valve replacement was performed for worsening congestive cardiac failure secondary to aortic incompetence. Two paravalvular lesions and an isolated intra-leaflet deficiency of the non-coronary cusp were identified at operation. Histological changes were consistent with a connective tissue disease.
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页码:1176 / 1177
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