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Aneurisma aórtico e insuficiencia valvular severa por sífilis terciaria en paciente joven, una enfermedad desatendida

La sífilis es causada por Treponema pallidum, es reconocida por la variedad de sus manifestaciones clínicas; compromete el sistema nervioso, tegumentario y cardiovascular. Las alteraciones cardiovasculares ocurren en 70% de los casos con sífilis no tratada, el 71% de las aortitis sifilíticas desarrol...

Kissing lesion of mitral valve - a case report

Abstract Aortic valve endocarditis can lead to secondary involvement of aorto-mitral curtain and the adjacent anterior mitral leaflet (AML). The secondary damage to AML is often caused by the infected jet of aortic regurgitation hitting the ventricular surface of the mitral leaflet, or by the pronounced ...

Rotura aguda de prótesis valvular aórtica biológica Biocor® seis años después de su implante: reporte de un caso

Rev. chil. cardiol; 39 (3), 2020
Resumen: Un hombre de 66 años portador de una prótesis valvular aórtica SJM Biocor® (Saint Jude Medical, St Paul, Minn), instalada 6 años antes, se presentó con disnea severa de rápida instalación. Mediante ecocardiografía de superficie y transesofágica se demostró insuficiencia aórtica masiv...

Relapsing polychondritis, a rare cause of valvulopathy: A review of the medical literature

Arch. cardiol. Méx; 90 (2), 2020
Abstract Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is an inflammatory disease that involves cartilaginous structures predominantly in the nose, ears, and respiratory tract. Cardiovascular involvement is not common. Despite this, they are the second cause of death in patients with RP. The structures usually affected ...

Válvula aórtica cuadricúspide: imágenes intraoperatorias

Rev. chil. cardiol; 37 (3), 2018
Resumen: Recientemente, Sepúlveda et al. publicaron en la Revista Chilena de Cardiología(1) el caso clínico de una mujer de 60 años con una válvula aórtica cuadricúspide, diagnosticada por ecocardiografía transtorácica y transesofágica, no operada, con una extensa revisión de la literatura res...

The Role of Quantitative Aortographic Assessment of Aortic Regurgitation by Videodensitometry in the Guidance of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Arq. bras. cardiol; 111 (2), 2018
Abstract Background: Balloon post-dilatation (BPD) is often needed for optimizing transcatheter heart valve (THV) implantation, since paravalvular leak (PVL) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation is associated with poor outcome and mortality. Quantitative assessment of PVL severity before and af...

Mid- and Longterm Neo-Aortic Valve Regurgitation after Jatene Surgery: Prevalence and Risk Factors

Arq. bras. cardiol; 111 (1), 2018
Abstract Background: Jatene surgery became the surgical procedure of choice to repair transposition of the great arteries (TGA) in neonates and infants. Late complications, mainly related to the pulmonary outflow tract and coronary arteries, are well known. The behavior of the neo-aortic valve is a caus...

Insuficiencia aórtica aguda por endocarditis infecciosa
Acute aortic regurgitation due to infective endocarditis

Medicina (B.Aires); 77 (5), 2017
La insuficiencia aórtica aguda (IAOA) por endocarditis infecciosa (EI) es grave y generalmente requiere tratamiento quirúrgico. Se compararon los pacientes con IAOA grave por EI e insuficiencia cardíaca (IC) en clase funcional I-II NYHA (G1) con los pacientes en clase funcional III-IV (G2) en relació...

Paravalvular Regurgitation: Clinical Outcomes in Surgical and Percutaneous Treatments

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (1), 2016
Abstract Background: Paravalvular regurgitation (paravalvular leak) is a serious and rare complication associated with valve replacement surgery. Studies have shown a 3% to 6% incidence of paravalvular regurgitation with hemodynamic repercussion. Few studies have compared surgical and percutaneous appro...