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. 1978 Oct;33(5):612–615. doi: 10.1136/thx.33.5.612

Aortic valve replacement in rheumatoid aortic incompetence.

A B Devlin, P Goldstraw, P K Caves
PMCID: PMC470944  PMID: 725829

Abstract

Rheumatoid aortic valve disease is uncommon. and there are few reports of valve replacement in this condition. Aortic valve replacement and partial pericardiectomy was performed in a patient with acute rheumatoid aortitis and aortic incompetence. Previous reports suggest that any patient with rheumatoid arthritis who develops cardiac symptoms should be carefully assessed for surgically treatable involvement of the pericardium or heart valves.

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