Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:521-523
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Aortic Root Replacement in Behçet Disease
Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, MD,
Hidetsugu Hori, MD,
Shuji Fukunaga, MD,
Eiki Tayama, MD,
Shigeaki Aoyagi, MD
Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine Kurume, Japan
For reprint information contact: Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, MD Tel: 81 94 235 3311 Fax: 81 94 235 8967 Email: yosshi{at}med.kurume-u.ac.jp, Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan.
The patient presented with a history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis, genital ulceration, and a family history of positive for collagen disease. Echocardiography and retrograde aortography revealed aneurysm formation of the sinus of Valsalva, and dilatation of the aortic valve annulus with severe aortic regurgitation. On diagnosis of an aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva and aortic regurgitation associated with Behçet’s disease, aortic root replacement with the modified Bentall technique was successfully performed.
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