[Rheumatoid cardiopathy. Observations on a clinical case].
The occurrence of cardiac involvement in RA is frequent but cardiac lesions are observed more frequently at necroscopy than on clinical examination. The case of a RA patient with a serious mitral valves involvement is reported in which the histological examination of the bioptic tissue obtained during surgical valves replacement showed a typical rheumatoid granulomatous inflammation of the endocardium.
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
La cardiopatia reumatoide. Osservazioni su di un caso clinico.