title: Multiple cardiovascular involvement in a case of relapsing polychondritis.
abstract: Relapsing polychondritis is a multisystem disease characterized by recurrent inflammation of the cartilaginous tissue. Cardiovascular manifestations of relapsing polychondritis are rare but are the second most common cause of death in these patients. We report a case of relapsing polychondritis who underwent aortic valve replacement uneventfully but presented six months later with myocardial infarction due to bilateral coronary ostial stenosis.
authors.affiliation: International Center for Cardiothoracic and Vascular Diseases, (a unit of Frontier Lifeline Pvt. Ltd), Chennai.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sasirekha
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Meenakshi
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Jagannath
authors.forename: Sushma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nayar
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Cherian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000150:complications*