Embolic complications of a mitral valve rheumatoid nodule.
We describe a patient with a rheumatoid nodule on the mitral valve who developed embolic phenomena from an overlying thrombus. It is important to recognize that thrombus can develop on intracardiac rheumatoid nodules and that these patients may require anticoagulation.
Kang
Harbhajan
H
Division of Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Baron
Murray
M
D000368:Aged; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012218:Rheumatoid Nodule / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome