Severe aortic regurgitation with mechanical prosthetic valve replacement in pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

J R Boris; J R Hollister; R W Tyson; R R Wolfe

Severe aortic regurgitation with mechanical prosthetic valve replacement in pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

J Rheumatol. 1998 Jun;25(6):1211-4.

Authors

J R Boris¹, J R Hollister, R W Tyson, R R Wolfe

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80210, USA.

PMID: 9632088

Abstract

We describe a patient with pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with aortic insufficiency who underwent successful aortic valve replacement with a mechanical prosthetic valve.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / pathology
Aortic Valve / surgery
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / etiology
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Arthritis, Juvenile / complications*
Arthritis, Juvenile / surgery
Child
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Neovascularization, Pathologic / pathology