Ankylosing Spondylitis with Complete Atrioventricular Block and Aortic Regurgitation

Shinya Fukui	Masataka Mitsuno	Mitsuhiro Yamamura
Hiroe Tanaka	Masaaki Ryomoto	Tetsuya Kajiyama
Ayaka Satoh	Yuji Miyamoto

（Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan）

Ankylosing spondylitis is chronic, progressive, inflammatory disease involving the spine, peripheral joints, and periarticular structures. Cardiac abnormalities associated with ankylosing spondylitis are well recognized, but a case with DDD pacemaker implantation for complete atrioventricular block and aortic valve replacement for aortic regurgitation has not been previously reported. We report a case of a 66-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis who was successfully treated by DDD pacemaker implantation for complete atrioventricular block and aortic valve replacement for severe aortic regurgitation.

 

Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 44:241-244（2015）

Keywords：ankylosing spondylitis;aortic valve replacement;DDD pacemaker implantation