Hemolytic Anemia due to Right Ventricular to Pulmonary Artery Conduit Stenosis

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2017 Jul;39(5):e290-e292. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000801.

Abstract

Hemolytic anemia is a well-recognized complication in patients with left-sided mechanical heart valves. It is rare to see hemolysis with a bioprosthetic valve in the right ventricular outflow tract. We report a 4-year-old-girl with history of truncus arteriosus status-post repair who developed hemolytic anemia as a result of a calcified and obstructed bioprosthetic right ventricular to pulmonary artery-valved conduit. The hemolysis was alleviated by replacing the obstructed conduit with a larger valved conduit.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Hemolytic / etiology*
  • Anemia, Hemolytic / surgery
  • Bioprosthesis
  • Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures
  • Child, Preschool
  • Constriction, Pathologic*
  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology*
  • Treatment Outcome