A rare instance of multiple valvular lesions in a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis

Cardiology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-30

  Koyalakonda, Shiva Prasad ^a   Krishnan, Unni ^a   Hobbs, William Julian ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior mitral valve leaflet mass; Aortic regurgitation; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; HEART VALVE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BIOPSY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 77957153984     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319603     Document Type: Article

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