Aortitis as a Rare Cause of Aortic Aneurysm and Valve Regurgitation: Is Repair Precluded?

Porras, CarlosSanchez-Espin, GemmaSuch, MiguelSánchez-Ramos, JesúsBautista-Pavés, AliciaMartín-de la Fuente, PilarRuiz, JosefaOrtego-Centeno, NorbertoRodríguez-Bailón, IsabelMelero, José María2025-01-072025-01-072018-02-132090-6404https://hdl.handle.net/10668/25443Aortitis is an infrequent cause of aortic root dilatation and aortic valve regurgitation. Valve-sparing procedures have been proposed, but there is not clear evidence of which is the treatment of choice. We report the case of a 38-year-old pregnant lady with a diagnosis of idiopathic aortitis associated with aortic root aneurysm and severe aortic valve regurgitation.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Aortitis as a Rare Cause of Aortic Aneurysm and Valve Regurgitation: Is Repair Precluded?research article29662705open access10.1155/2018/5757081PMC5831871http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/cric/2018/5757081.pdfhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5831871/pdf