Constrictive pericarditis and rheumatoid nodules with severe aortic incompetence.
The case of a female patient presenting with constrictive rheumatoid pericarditis and aortic incompetence secondary to valvular rheumatoid nodules is described along with a review of the literature with the aim to highlight this rare cause of aortic insufficiency.
Cardiac Surgical Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, 274 Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK.
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Beattie
Cardiac Surgical Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, 274 Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK.
Karen
K
Booth
Department of Pathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, 274 Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK.
Brian
B
Herron
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK.
Mary N
MN
Sheppard
Cardiac Surgical Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, 274 Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK.
Haralambos
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Parissis