Complete heart block and bowel infarction secondary to rheumatoid disease.
A case of complete heart block secondary to rheumatoid involvement of the conduction system is presented. The same patient died after infarction of the colon as a consequence of arterial spasm superimposed upon pre-existing rheumatoid changes in the mesenteric arteries. The coexistence of rheumatoid involvement of the heart and of the bowel vasculature has not previously been reported.
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply*; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged