SURGICALLY TREATED VALVE DISORDERS IN LUP US AND ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME - CLINICAL ASPECTS AND EVOLUTION IN 7 CASES

Authors
DURIEU I PIETTE JC BLETRY O WECHSLER B CHAPELONABRIC C GRANDJBAKHCH I GODEAU P
Citation
I. Durieu et al., SURGICALLY TREATED VALVE DISORDERS IN LUP US AND ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME - CLINICAL ASPECTS AND EVOLUTION IN 7 CASES, La Revue de medecine interne, 14(6), 1993, pp. 423-423
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Revue de medecine interne → ACNP
ISSN journal
02488663
Volume
14
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
423 - 423
Database
ISI
SICI code
0248-8663(1993)14:6<423:STVDIL>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We report seven cases of valvular heart replacement in patients with s ystemic lupus erythematosus or primary antiphospholipid syndrome. All patients were alive with a mean follow-up of 60 months ; the post-oper ative period was uncomplicated in 5 patients ; mediastinum infection w as observed in two patients and hemorrhagic complications in one chron ically hemodialyzed patient.