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Leonard Ellman, MD; Huxley Knox-Macauley, MB, MRCP

Arch Intern Med. 1970;126(6):1019-1021.

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Hemolytic anemia of mechanical origin was first reported by Rose and associates in 1954 in a patient with a Hufnagel prosthetic aortic valve.¹ It is today a major problem in patients undergoing aortic valve surgery despite advances in surgical technique and in valvular prostheses.^2-5 Traumatic hemolysis had been reported in patients with mitral valve prostheses,⁶ following repair of atrial septal defects,⁷ or endocardial cushion defects,⁸ and in patients with either aortic or mitral valve disease.^9-12 This report concerns the development of traumatic hemolysis following the rupture of a congenital aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva.

Patient Summary

The patient (MGH 154-58-15), a 30-year-old Negro mother of two, was admitted to another hospital with a one-day history of dyspnea, cough, chest pain, palpitations, and bounding pulsations of the neck pulses. She had previously enjoyed good health, and there was no personal or family history . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
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From the Medical Service and Hematology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Dr. Ellman is now with the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. Dr. Knox-Macauley is now with the Nuffield Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England.

Footnotes
Received for publication April 24, 1970; accepted July 14.

Reprint requests to Room 11D-14, Bldg 10, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md 20014 (Dr. Ellman).

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