Válvula aórtica cuadricúspide: caso clínico y discusión / Ouadricuspid aortic valve

The quadricuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital anomaly, usually presenting as an isolated malformation causing aortic regurgitation in the faith or sixth decades of life. The first reported cases were found at autopsy or became evident by surgical findings. However, the emergence of new imaging modalities currently allows an earlier diagnosis, including in asymptomatic patients. Hereby the case of a 60-year-old woman with quadricuspid aortic valve diagnosed by echocardiography is presented. A brief discussion of the disease is included.

Anemia hemolítica secundaria a plastía mitral: caso clínico local y revisión de la literatura / Hemolytic anemia after mitral valve repair: case report

Una mujer de 54 años sometida a una reparación mitral se presenta 2 meses después con anemia hemolítica. El mecanismo de ésta correspondió a dehiscencia de la cuadrantectomía y a falta de endotelización de un sector del anillo, que se evidenció mediante ecografía transesofágica y se confirmó por hallazgos operatorios. Se resecó el anillo mitral y se implantó una prótesis de Saint Jude, y no hubo recurrencia de la hemólisis. Se incluye una discusión con revisión de la literatura.

A 54 year old woman was subjected to a mitral valve repair of a mixomatous degenerative valve with severe mitral insufficiency. Quadrantectomy, mitral chords transfer from P2 to a A2 and implantation of a rigid Edwards 28 ring were performed. Two months later the patient was diagnosed with severe hemolytic anemia. Trans esophageal echocardiography revealed severe mitral insufficiency and at surgery a dehiscence at the base of the qudrantectomy in addition to a non endothelysed sector of the mitral ring were found. A Saint-Jude mitral prosthesis was inserted. At follow up, no recurrence of hemolysis occurred.