Severe aortic regurgitation with mechanical prosthetic valve replacement in pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
We describe a patient with pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with aortic insufficiency who underwent successful aortic valve replacement with a mechanical prosthetic valve.
Boris
J R
JR
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80210, USA.
Hollister
J R
JR
Tyson
R W
RW
Wolfe
R R
RR
D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000473:pathology