TY - JOUR
T1 - Traumatic Cardiac Hemolytic Anemia
T2 - A Late Complication of a Starr-Edwards Mitral Valve Prosthesis
AU - Weiss, Gary B.
AU - Nienhuis, Arthur W.
AU - Mcintosh, Charles L.
AU - Klein, Harvey G.
PY - 1979
Y1 - 1979
N2 - Severe, traumatic, cardiac, hemolytic anemia developed in a patient nine years after mitral valve replacement with a Starr-Edwards model 6120 prosthesis. Cardiac catheterization failed to demonstrate a perivalvular leak or prosthetic malfunction. Transfusion on two occasions resulted in accelerated hemolysis and failed to maintain an appreciable elevation of the hemoglobin level. At operation, a perivalvular leak was found. Replacement of the valve led to complete resolution of the hemolytic problem. The case demonstrates that cardiac hemolysis may be a good indicator of valve dysfunction.
AB - Severe, traumatic, cardiac, hemolytic anemia developed in a patient nine years after mitral valve replacement with a Starr-Edwards model 6120 prosthesis. Cardiac catheterization failed to demonstrate a perivalvular leak or prosthetic malfunction. Transfusion on two occasions resulted in accelerated hemolysis and failed to maintain an appreciable elevation of the hemoglobin level. At operation, a perivalvular leak was found. Replacement of the valve led to complete resolution of the hemolytic problem. The case demonstrates that cardiac hemolysis may be a good indicator of valve dysfunction.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630400088032
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630400088032
M3 - Article
C2 - 426586
AN - SCOPUS:0018608631
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 139
SP - 374
EP - 375
JO - Archives of Internal Medicine
JF - Archives of Internal Medicine
IS - 3
ER -