| A Case of Successful
Treatment for DeBakey Type I Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm in a
Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of
Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan)
| Tadashi Motomura |
Tadashi Tashiro |
Syungo Sukehiro |
| Katsuhiko Nakamura |
Ryuiti Shibano |
Ryuji Zaitsu |
| Hidehiko Iwahashi |
Michio Kimura |
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A 45-year-old woman with an 8-year
history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was admitted with
complaints of sudden onset of chest and back pain and syncopal
attack. Aortography showed DeBakey type I acute aortic dissection.
She has been maintained on a small dose of corticosteroids (prednisone
5mg/day). After antihypertensive drug treatment, a replacement
of the total aortic arch and arch vessels was successfully performed.
The postoperative course was uneventful and she has had no relapse
of SLE.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 29: 106-109 (2000) |
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