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
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.