Mitral valve replacement and tricuspid valve repair in a patient with sickle cell disease

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
G LazopoulosM Kantartzis

Abstract

Sickle cell disease is a rare entity for the European cardiac surgeon to encounter. Low oxygen tension, acidosis and hypothermia may induce sickling and pose a great risk in this population during open heart surgery. We report the management of a 57-year-old Greek woman with homozygous sickle cell disease and rheumatoid arthritis, who underwent preoperative partial exchange transfusion and subsequent mitral valve replacement and tricuspid valve repair at normothermia.

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Dec 23, 2009·Circulation·Sajjad M YousafzaiCharles C Canver
Aug 30, 2008·Endocrine Reviews·Norbert StefanHans-Ulrich Häring

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