Open AccessRapidly progressed aortic stenosis in a patient with previous diagnosis of polycythemia vera and post‐polycythemia vera myelofibrosis
Author(s) -
Kiso Shohei,
Naito Ryo,
Fukao Kosuke,
Hiki Makoto,
Miyazaki Tetsuro,
Takagi Atsutoshi,
Miyauchi Katsumi,
Daida Hiroyuki
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.568
Subject(s) - polycythemia vera , medicine , myelofibrosis , cardiology , stenosis , disease , bone marrow
Key Clinical Message Polycythemia vera ( PV ) is a chronic myeloproliferative disease that is often complicated with thromboembolism. However, aortic stenosis ( AS ) could be a manifestation of the cardiovascular complications of PV possibly through shear stress and atherosclerosis. We report a rare case of rapidly progressed AS in a patient with PV .