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. 1985 Jun;44(6):425–428. doi: 10.1136/ard.44.6.425

Complete heart block and bowel infarction secondary to rheumatoid disease.

M Wilsher, W M Smeeton, T D Koelmeyer, A H Roche
PMCID: PMC1001665  PMID: 4015204

Abstract

A case of complete heart block secondary to rheumatoid involvement of the conduction system is presented. The same patient died after infarction of the colon as a consequence of arterial spasm superimposed upon pre-existing rheumatoid changes in the mesenteric arteries. The coexistence of rheumatoid involvement of the heart and of the bowel vasculature has not previously been reported.

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