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Aortic valve replacement in an elderly patient with factor XI deficiency

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Factor XI (FXI) deficiency is rare and associated with bleeding after surgical procedures. We report a case of an 80-year-old woman with severe aortic valve stenosis. FXI deficiency was diagnosed due to prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time. Aortic valve replacement was performed using a porcine bioprosthetic valve. Intra-operation bleeding was controlled by the transfusion of a fresh frozen plasma. The postoperative course was uneventful.

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  1. Cardiovascular Surgery Tohoku Phamaceutical University Hospital, 1-12-1 Fukumuro, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 983-8512, Japan

    Suguru Watanabe, Tadanori Minagawa, Tomoaki Kagatani, Makoto Miura & Kouichi Tabayashi

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Watanabe, S., Minagawa, T., Kagatani, T. et al. Aortic valve replacement in an elderly patient with factor XI deficiency. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 62, 693–695 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-013-0271-z

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