title: Rheumatoid arthritis and simultaneous aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve incompetence.
abstract: We describe a 72-year-old woman with aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve incompetence secondary to a rheumatoid granulomata. The cardiac valvular lesions developed simultaneously and deteriorated rapidly. The patient died after a transient relief of symptoms by high dose steroid therapy.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimaya
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurihashi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Masago
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kasanuki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012218:Rheumatoid Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000473:pathology; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology