IgG4-Related Disease Causing Rapid Evolution of a Severe Aortic Valvular Stenosis.

Bruls, S.
Courtois, A.
Delvenne, P.
Hustinx, R.
Moutschen, M.
De Leval, L.
Defraigne, J.O.
Sakalihasan, N.

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Publication date

March 2017

DOI

10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.045

Publisher

Elsevier BV

ISSN

0003-4975

Abstract

Immunoglobulin G4-related systemic disease (IgG4-RSD) is a recognized emerging entity characterized by chronic fibroinflammation that can affect every organ but rarely affects the cardiovascular system. We report a rare case of IgG4-RSD involving an aortic valve that resulted in rapid progression of an aortic valvular stenosis and was successfully treated by aortic valve replacement and corticosteroids

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