| Non-Infective Endocarditis in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
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Seong Man Bae, Bin Yoo, Ju Hyeon Kim, Min Gu Kim, Young Eun Ahn, Yong-Gil Kim, Chang-Keun Lee |
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Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
| 류마티스 관절염 환자에서 발견된 비감염 심내막염 1예 |
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배성만, 유 빈, 김주현, 김민구, 안영은, 김용길, 이창근 |
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울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 내과 |
Correspondence:
Bin Yoo, Tel: +82-2-3010-3282, Fax: +82-2-3010-6963, Email: byoo@amc.seoul.kr
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Received: 7 July 2014 • Revised: 8 August 2014 • Accepted: 28 August 2014 |
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| This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Abstract |
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Pericarditis and atherosclerotic events are generally regarded as relatively common cardiac manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, RA-associated endocarditis is rarely reported, and can be confused (by clinicians) with an infective vegetation. Herein, we report a case of sterile endocarditis involving the mitral valve in a 36 year-old patient with longstanding RA; the problem was accidentally detected during performance of a valve operation. |
| Key Words:
Non-infective endocarditis; Rheumatoid arthritis |
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