• Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann · Sep 2018

    Case Reports

    Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome: a rare and challenging case of mitral valve replacement.

    • Douglas Jw Bell, Cheng He, John L Pauli, and Rishendran Naidoo.
    • 1 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Australia.
    • Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2018 Sep 1; 26 (7): 560-562.

    AbstractMaroteaux-Lamy syndrome is a very rare multisystem disorder. Cardiac valve surgery is common in these patients who present a unique set of perioperative and intraoperative challenges to the surgeon and treating team. We describe successful mitral valve replacement using an inverted aortic prosthesis in a 29-year-old lady with Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome, with a good result at 10 months.

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