| An Operated Case
of Aortic Regurgitation due to Rheumatoid Arthritis |
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,
Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan)
| Fumiaki Kawazuma |
Sinichi Ooki |
Yoshio Misawa |
| Katsuo Fuse |
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We encountered a rare case of aortic
regurgitation due to rheumatoid arthritis. A 53-year-old man
was admitted with severe heart failure due to aortic regurgitation.
He had been treated for rheumatoid arthritis for 5 years with
methotrexate. After treatment for heart failure, his aortic valve
was successfully replaced with an Omnicarbon prosthetic valve.
Histopathological examination of the excised aortic valve showed
rheumatoid granuloma. His post-operative course was uneventful.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 29: 37-40 (2000) |
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