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PubMed1980

[beta-Thromboglobulin in plasma in patients with heart-valve diseases and with prosthetic heart valves (author's transl)].

In each 50 patients with rheumatic heart valve diseases and after implantation of prosthetic heart valves and in 20 patients with bioprostheses, beta-thromboglobulin (beta-TG) in plasma was determined. In all cases beta-TG was significantly elevated above the normal range. The levels of beta-TG lay in patients with bioprostheses lower than in the other groups. Bioprostheses are less damaging the thrombocytes than prosthetic heart valves.

Beta-Globulins↗
PubMed1987

[Coronary heart disease and heart valve diseases in patients with terminal kidney insufficiency].

Cardiac catheterisation and coronary angiography were performed in 100 patients preceding a planned renal transplantation. Coronary heart disease was revealed in 64 patients: stenoses of 50-70% in 28, 71-90% in 16, over 90% in 20 patients. For stenoses above 50% the sensitivity of clinical symptoms was 0.52, their specificity 0.64. For stenoses over 70% the specificity was 0.58; over 90% it was 0.70. Typical symptoms of angina were less common in dialysis patients with coronary heart disease than is usual in other patients with coronary heart disease. Total duration of dialysis as well as frequency and severity of coronary heart disease did not correlate. In 19 of the 100 patients valvar disease was also present, with a discrepancy between the severity of clinical and of hemodynamic findings. Incidence and severity of valvar disease increased with the duration of dialysis. Transplantation was postponed in 11 patients (bypass operation in 3, balloon dilatation in 2, valve replacement in 6). Transplantation was advised against in four (severe coronary heart disease in 2, cardiomyopathy in 2).

Adult↗
PubMed1998

Blood rheology in patients with native heart valve disease and after valve replacement.

Patients with heart valve disease have rheologic abnormalities that are more pronounced in double valve disease than in mitral or aortic valve disease; after valve replacement surgery, the degree of rheologic abnormality is more pronounced in patients with mechanical and biological prostheses than in those with homografts and pulmonary autografts. Rheologic abnormalities seen in these patients might be related to the different incidences of thromboembolism in the presence of various valve defects and various types of prostheses.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

[Surgical treatment of associated coronary disease and heart valve disease].

25 patients underwent combined surgery for coronary artery and valvular heart disease. Although patients suffering from associated coronary artery and valvular lesions represent a high operative risk group, the combined surgical procedure is clearly justified by the functional improvement of the patients. Selective coronaro-angiography should be carried out in the assessment of patients over 40 years of age with valvular disease, since not all patients present angina in spite of diseased coronary arteries. Three hospital deaths (13.5%) indicate the gravity of the procedure, but the absence of intra- or postoperative myocardial infarction and the comparatively rapid recovery of the patients with relatively few complications are very encouraging.

Adult↗
PubMed1997

[Heart valve diseases specific in rheumatoid polyarthritis. Apropos of 2 cases].

Rheumatoid nodules represent a rare cardiac valvular involvement in rheumatoid arthritis. Patients are usually asymptomatic. We report two cases of such involvement: one presented as a tumour implanted on the mitral valve, with systemic embolisation; the other presented as aortic regurgitation with acute heart failure. Surgical treatment was performed in both cases. Histological examination revealed typical rheumatoid nodules. The authors discuss valvular involvement in rheumatoid arthritis.

Adult↗
PubMed2006

Minimally invasive surgery for valve disease.

Heart valve surgery evolved since the early 1960s toward routine clinical application with good patient outcome. Different surgical techniques and valve prostheses have been developed. Thus standard procedures were continuously established. The different surgical procedures have now gained widespread clinical acceptance with good patient outcomes. Aortic valve stenosis and mitral valve incompetence are the most frequently acquired heart valve lesions in the western communities. Usually such lesions reach clinical significance in patients during their fifth to eighth decade of life. Standard surgical techniques of aortic valve repair and mitral valve replacement or repair result in persistent cure of the disease. Surgical access was gained using conventional lateral thoracotomies in the early days and later on using median sternotomy. Minimally invasive techniques, mostly by a partial sternotomy for the aortic and a lateral minithoracotomy for the mitral position, have been increasingly applied to improve patient outcome since the mid 1990s. At specialized centers these techniques have evolved as clinical standard allowing all different valve procedures to be safely performed. Patient recovery is fast leading to a significant improvement in the individual's quality of life. Minimally invasive valve surgery can be considered the standard approach and will reach more widespread clinical application.

Aortic Valve Stenosis↗