[Chronic obstructive bronchopneumopathy, mitral valvulopathy and global cardiac insufficiency].
The case of a 61 year-old man is presented. This patient had a rheumatoid arthritis and a cardiac failure. Echocardiography and catheterization revealed a mitral valvulopathy, biventricular dysfunction and conduction abnormalities. Pericardial disease was also present. Differential diagnosis lead to the clinical diagnosis of rheumatoid non constrictive pericarditis, rheumatoid myocarditis, rheumatoid endocarditis and idiopathic calcification of the mitral valve. Anatomo-pathologic findings consisted in rheumatoid pancarditis.
Goy
J J
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Département de médicine interne, CHUV, Lausanne.
Essinger
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Schindler
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D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology
Bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive, valvulopathie mitrale et insuffisance cardiaque globale.