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. 1980 Jan;35(1):60–63. doi: 10.1136/thx.35.1.60

Aortic valve replacement for severe aortic regurgitation caused by idiopathic giant cell aortitis.

A S Soorae, F McKeown, J Cleland
PMCID: PMC471222  PMID: 7361287

Abstract

Giant cell aoritis occurred in a 25-year-old woman, with absent pulses in the left arm and severe aortic regurgitation from dilatation of the valvar annulus. The aortic valve was replaced by a Starr-Edwards prosthesis, and the patient was treated with steroids. Five years later, she continues asymptomatic and haemodynamically stable. The left brachial and radial pulses have returned.

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