Patient with von Willebrand disease undergoing mitral valve repair: a strategy for the control of the coagulopathy

Ally Nader Roquetti Saroute; Carlos Manuel de Almeida Brandão; Marco Antônio Vieira Guedes; Cyrillo Cavalheiro Filho; Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzeff

doi:10.1590/s0066-782x2007000100022

Patient with von Willebrand disease undergoing mitral valve repair: a strategy for the control of the coagulopathy

Arq Bras Cardiol. 2007 Jan;88(1):e4-6. doi: 10.1590/s0066-782x2007000100022.

[Article in English, Portuguese]

Authors

Ally Nader Roquetti Saroute¹, Carlos Manuel de Almeida Brandão, Marco Antônio Vieira Guedes, Cyrillo Cavalheiro Filho, Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzeff

Affiliation

¹ Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, FM, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. [email protected]

PMID: 17364109
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2007000100022

Abstract

We report a case of a 60 year-old woman with von Willebrand disease type I that was submitted to a mitral valve repair. The patient needed special care due coagulopathy and needed VIII factor (VIIIf) and von Willebrand factor (vWf), before, during and after surgery. There was no complication during or after surgery. Patient is asymptomatic nine months postoperatively. The correction of VIIIf and vWf allowed the realization of a safety surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Blood Loss, Surgical / prevention & control*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Perioperative Care
Preoperative Care
Severity of Illness Index
Treatment Outcome
von Willebrand Diseases / drug therapy*
von Willebrand Factor / administration & dosage*

Substances

von Willebrand Factor