Robotic mitral valve repair in a type B hemophiliac |
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Authors: | Vanessa M. Miller MD Panos N. Vardas MD James E. Davies MD Clifton T. Lewis MD |
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Affiliation: | Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama |
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Abstract: | Hemophilia B is a rare X-linked recessive disorder that places surgical patients at an increased risk of bleeding. Patients with hemophilia are now achieving near-normal life expectancies and therefore the number of these patients requiring cardiac surgery due to the development of age-related cardiovascular disease may increase. We present the case of a young male with hemophilia B who was diagnosed with severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation and underwent successful robotic mitral valve repair. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a patient with hemophilia B who underwent robotic mitral valve repair. |
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Keywords: | replacement valve repair |
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