Cardiac abnormalities associated with rheumatoid arthritis: aortic insufficiency requiring valve replacement.
The seventh patient with rheumatoid arthritis undergoing successful aortic valve replacement and the first to receive a porcine heterograft is reported. The implications of rheumatoid heart disease are discussed.
D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications; D004452:Echocardiography; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications