Rheumatoid arthritis and simultaneous aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve incompetence

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-183

  Shimaya, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Kurihashi, Akira ^b   Masago, Reiji ^b   Kasanuki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Seirei Hamamatsu Gen H ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic insufficiency; Cardiac valvulopathy; Mitral regurgitation; Rheumatoid arthritis; Steroids; Tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RHEUMATOID NODULE; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0032825918     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(99)00113-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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