No ochronosis was seen at internal thoracic artery with alkaptonuria

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2019 Jul;27(6):486-488. doi: 10.1177/0218492318813791. Epub 2018 Nov 11.

Authors

Toshitaka Watanabe¹, Ryo Harada¹, Takuma Mikami¹, Ryosuke Numaguchi¹, Hirosato Doi¹, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Hokkaido, Japan.

PMID: 30417683
DOI: 10.1177/0218492318813791

No abstract available

Keywords: Alkaptonuria; Aortic valve stenosis; Coronary artery disease; Ochronosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Alkaptonuria / complications*
Alkaptonuria / diagnosis
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / pathology*
Aortic Valve / surgery
Aortic Valve Stenosis / complications
Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Biopsy
Calcinosis / complications
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis / surgery*
Coronary Artery Bypass / methods*
Coronary Artery Disease / complications
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Artery Disease / surgery*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
Humans
Male
Mammary Arteries / transplantation*
Ochronosis / complications*
Ochronosis / diagnosis
Saphenous Vein / transplantation
Treatment Outcome

Supplementary concepts

Alkaptonuric ochronosis
Aortic Valve, Calcification of