Complete heart block and severe aortic stenosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthtritis: a case report

BACKGROUND: A 77-year-old male patient with a history of rheumatoid arthritis was admitted to our hospital for investigation of syncope and dyspnea on exertion class II according to NYHA class association. CASE PRESENTATION: The electrocardiogram revealed complete heart block whereas the echocardiog...

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Autores principales: Moyssakis, Ioannis, Lionakis, Nikolaos, Vlahodimitris, Ioannis, Votteas, Vassilios
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2642791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19196455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-126
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: A 77-year-old male patient with a history of rheumatoid arthritis was admitted to our hospital for investigation of syncope and dyspnea on exertion class II according to NYHA class association. CASE PRESENTATION: The electrocardiogram revealed complete heart block whereas the echocardiogram showed severe aortic valve stenosis with a peak gradient = 80 mmHg. A permanent pacemaker was implanted in addition to aortic valve replacement. The coexistence of complete heart block and severe aortic stenosis with rheumatoid arthritis are presented. CONCLUSION: Further studies are necessary to assess whether a true association of the above conditions exist.

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