AORTITIS, AORTIC-VALVE INCOMPETENCE, AND LEFT CORONARY OSTIUM STENOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH C-ANCA-ASSOCIATED NECROTIZING VASCULITIS

Authors
MORSHUIS WJ ZEEBREGTS CJAM HAANEN HCM ELBERS JRJ ERNST JMPG VERMEULEN FEE
Citation
Wj. Morshuis et al., AORTITIS, AORTIC-VALVE INCOMPETENCE, AND LEFT CORONARY OSTIUM STENOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH C-ANCA-ASSOCIATED NECROTIZING VASCULITIS, The thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, 45(2), 1997, pp. 97-99
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Surgery
Journal title
The thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon → ACNP
ISSN journal
01716425
Volume
45
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
97 - 99
Database
ISI
SICI code
0171-6425(1997)45:2<97:AAIALC>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Aortitis with involvement of the aortic valve is rarely associated wit h vasculitis syndromes. We present a patient with antibodies to a neut rophil cytoplasmic antigen-associated (ANCA) vasculitis with renal fai lure who developed aortic incompetence as a result of aortitis which i nvolved the aortic valve. Thickening of the aortic wall also caused st enosis of the left coronary ostium.