• Title of article

    Rheumatoid arthritis and simultaneous aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve incompetence

  • Author/Authors

    Kazuhiro Shimaya، نويسنده , , Akira Kurihashi، نويسنده , , Reiji Masago، نويسنده , , Hiroshi Kasanuki، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1999
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    181
  • To page
    183
  • Abstract
    We describe a 72-year-old woman with aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve incompetence secondary to a rheumatoid granulomata. The cardiac valvular lesions developed simultaneously and deteriorated rapidly. The patient died after a transient relief of symptoms by high dose steroid therapy.
  • Keywords
    tricuspid regurgitation , mitral regurgitation , Cardiac valvulopathy , rheumatoid arthritis , steroids , aortic insufficiency
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Cardiology
  • Serial Year
    1999
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Cardiology
  • Record number

    812995