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Robotic mitral valve repair in a type B hemophiliac
Author(s) -
Miller Vanessa M.,
Vardas Panos N.,
Davies James E.,
Lewis Clifton T.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.14518
Subject(s) - medicine , mitral valve repair , mitral regurgitation , mitral valve , mitral valve regurgitation , surgery , cardiology
Hemophilia B is a rare X‐linked recessive disorder that places surgical patients at an increased risk of bleeding. Patients with hemophilia are now achieving near‐normal life expectancies and therefore the number of these patients requiring cardiac surgery due to the development of age‐related cardiovascular disease may increase. We present the case of a young male with hemophilia B who was diagnosed with severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation and underwent successful robotic mitral valve repair. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a patient with hemophilia B who underwent robotic mitral valve repair.