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Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss
; 92(2): 269-71, 1999 Feb.
Article
in French
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10078348
ABSTRACT
The authors report a very rare case of massive haemolytic anaemia complicated by renal failure in a patient with a double aortic and mitral bioprosthesis. The haemolysis was attributed to degeneration of the aortic bioprosthesis causing turbulent flow, aggravated by associated infectious endocarditis. The essential condition for haemolysis is a change in blood flow through the valve by degeneration or other associated pathology. The haemolytic anaemia completely regressed after aortic valve replacement as did the renal failure.