Problems of rheumatoid heart defects

Khodashinskaia, A.V.

Terapevticheskii Arkhiv 57(8): 129-130

1985


ISSN/ISBN: 0040-3660
PMID: 4071429
Document Number: 252676
Of 160 patients with RA treated at the clinic recently, heart disease was diagnosed in 4. In 2 patients, mitral disease was recognized as rheumatic, in one patient, aortal disease was treated with a great probability as rheumatoid. In 4 patients, rheumatoid etiology of the disease was advanced and then was confirmed at autopsy. It is assumed that rheumatoid heart disease occurs more frequently than diagnosed.

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