Patient with von Willebrand disease undergoing mitral valve repair: a strategy for the control of the coagulopathy



Document title: Patient with von Willebrand disease undergoing mitral valve repair: a strategy for the control of the coagulopathy
Journal: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000289165
ISSN: 0066-782X
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Institutions: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Season: Ene
Volumen: 88
Number: 1
Pages: 4-6
Country: Brasil
Language: Portugués, inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Caso clínico
English abstract We report a case of a 60 year-old woman with von Willebrand disease type I that was submitted to a mitral valve repair. The patient needed special care due coagulopathy and needed VIII factor (VIIIf) and von Willebrand factor (vWf), before, during and after surgery. There was no complication during or after surgery. Patient is asymptomatic nine months postoperatively. The correction of VIIIf and vWf allowed the realization of a safety surgery
Portuguese abstract Relatamos o caso de uma mulher de 60 anos portadora da doença de von Willebrand tipo I, submetida a cirurgia da valva mitral. A paciente necessitou de cuidados especiais em razão da coagulopatia e foi necessária a utilização de concentrado de fator VIII (VIIIf) e fator de von Willebrand (vWf) antes, durante e depois da cirurgia. Não houve complicações durante e após a cirurgia. Nove meses depois, a paciente encontra-se assintomática. A correção para valores adequados de VIIIf e vWf permitiu a realização da cirurgia com segurança
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Cirugía,
Sistema cardiovascular,
Enfermedad de von Willebrand,
Válvula mitral,
Coagulación intravascular diseminada,
Derivación cardiopulmonar
Keyword: Medicine,
Cardiovascular system,
Surgery,
Von Willebrand disease,
Mitral valve,
Disseminated intravascular coagulation,
Cardiopulmonary bypass
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