Valvular Heart Disease in Patients with Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) or “brittle bone disease” is a rare connective tissue hereditary disorder. The most common clinical presentation of OI is bone fractures. OI also involves extraskeletal structures; however, cardiovascular manifestations are rare. In this report, we describe the cardiovas...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of cardiac surgery 2013-03, Vol.28 (2), p.139-143
Hauptverfasser: Najib, Mohammad Q., Schaff, Hartzell V., Ganji, Jhansi, Lee, Howard R., Click, Roger L., Miller, D. Craig, Chaliki, Hari P.
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Zusammenfassung:Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) or “brittle bone disease” is a rare connective tissue hereditary disorder. The most common clinical presentation of OI is bone fractures. OI also involves extraskeletal structures; however, cardiovascular manifestations are rare. In this report, we describe the cardiovascular anomalies of patients with OI who underwent valve surgery and review the literature on this subject. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12064 (J Card Surg 2013;28:139–143)
ISSN:0886-0440
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DOI:10.1111/jocs.12064