Nonspecific Inflammatory Aortic Regurgitation Diagnosed after Aortic Valve Replacement

Yosuke Ikeda＊	Yuhei Saitoh＊	Naoki Sumi＊
Shingo Ishiguro＊	Takeshi Soeda＊	Yoshinobu Nakamura＊

（Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Matsue Red Cross Hospital＊, Matsue, Japan）

A case of clinical1y unsuspected nonspecific inflammatory aortic regurgitation is reported. A 69-year-old female patient underwent aortic valve replacement for aortic regurgitation. Pathological examination of resected aortic valve showed abscess formation and inflammatory granulation tissue in the non-coronary cusp. Therefore, we diagnosed nonspecific inflammatory aortic regurgitation. It is generally considered that the use of prednisolone for vasculitis syndrome is effective;however, for nonspecific inflammatory aortic regurgitation its use has not been established. Prednisolone treatment could be an option for nonspecific inflammatory aortic regurgitation.

 

Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 50:265-269（2021）

Keywords：nonspecific inflammatory aortic regurgitation;aortic valve replacement