Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis of Aortic Valve due to Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
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Harveen Lamba1,2, Salil Deo1,4, Salah Altarabsheh3, Yakov Elgudin1,2, Allen Markowitz1, Soon Park1 1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA2Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 3Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Queen Alia Heart Institute, Amman, Jordan 4Electronic correspondence: svd14@case.edu |
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Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a rare hematological disorder, which may present with cardiac involvement. The case is presented of a 61-year-old male patient with isolated aortic stenosis secondary to non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis and HES. The patient underwent successful aortic valve replacement with a bioprosthesis
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and remained recurrence-free at the 18-month follow up. A review of the current literature is also presented and cardiac manifestations, clinical presentation and surgical issues in the care of patients with this rare condition are discussed. The Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2016;25:760-763 |
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