Iron Treatment in Sideropenic Intravascular Hemolysis Due to Insufficiency of Starr-Edwards Valve Prostheses
Authors: Ralph D. Reynolds, Charles A. Coltman, Barry M. Beller
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Article1 April 1967Iron Treatment in Sideropenic Intravascular Hemolysis Due to Insufficiency of Starr-Edwards Valve ProsthesesRALPH D. REYNOLDS, CHARLES A. COLTMAN JR., BARRY M. BELLERRALPH D. REYNOLDSSearch for more papers by this author, CHARLES A. COLTMAN JR.Search for more papers by this author, BARRY M. BELLERSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-4-659 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe association of hemolysis and the use of intravascular prosthetic valves was first noted in dogs by Sarnoff and Case (1) and Stohlman, Sarnoff, Case, and Ness (2). This was considered a mechanical problem resulting from red cell trauma. The initial observation by Sayed and associates (3) of similar intravascular erythrocyte destruction in a child whose ostium primum defect was repaired with a Teflon® patch was followed by numerous reports of hemolysis associated with intracardiac use of ball-valve prostheses (3-14), Teflon patches (15-18), and Teflon cusps (12-20). In each instance a fairly uniform hemolytic syndrome was reported, characterized by fragmented...References1. SARNOFFCASE SJRB: Physiologic Considerations Relating to the Hufnagel Operation with Special Reference to Postoperative Anemia. Henry Ford Hospital International Symposium on Cardiovascular Surgery. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1955, p. 328. Google Scholar2. STOHLMANSARNOFFCASENESS FSJRBAT: Hemolytic syndrome following the insertion of a lucite ball valve prosthesis into the cardiovascular system. Circulation 13: 586, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. 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Reynolds was a Fellow in Hematology, Wilford Hall USAF Hospital, Lackland Air Force Base, Tex.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Charles A. Coltman, Jr., Maj., USAF (MC), Box 368856, Wilford Hall USAF Hospital, Lackland AFB, Tex. 78236. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTraumatic Hemolytic Anemia in Children with Rheumatic Heart DiseaseHemolytic Anemias of Cancer and Cardiac EffectsIron Deficiency in Health and DiseaseURINARY FERRITIN PROTEIN IN SUBJECTS WITH PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES AND OTHER DISORDERSHyposideraemia and Haemolysis in Patients with Lillehei-Kaster or Starr-Edwards Heart Valve ProsthesesHaemolysis with Bjork-Shiley and Starr-Edwards prosthetic heart valves: a comparative studyHematologic complications of open heart surgeryIntravascular Hemolysis and Consumption Coagulop- Athy in Defective Aortic Valve Prosthesis. 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