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Case Report
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Korean J Med. 2015;88(1):110-113. Published online January 1, 2015.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3904/kjm.2015.88.1.110
- 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
- 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
- Corresponding author: Bin Yoo ,Tel: +82-2-3010-3282, Fax: +82-2-3010-6963, Email: byoo@amc.seoul.kr
- Received: July 7, 2014; Revised: August 8, 2014 Accepted: August 28, 2014.
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- Abstract
- 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.
Keywords :Non-infective endocarditis, Rheumatoid arthritis
