Mending a Darkened Heart: Alkaptonuria Discovered During Aortic Valve Replacement

Circulation. 2016 Mar 22;133(12):e444-5. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.020194.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alkaptonuria / complications
  • Alkaptonuria / diagnosis*
  • Alkaptonuria / epidemiology
  • Aortic Valve / pathology*
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / etiology
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Color
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Ochronosis / diagnosis*
  • Ochronosis / etiology
  • Slovakia / epidemiology
  • Sternum / pathology*

Supplementary concepts

  • Ochronosis, hereditary