Cardiac necklace in rheumatic heart disease

Cardiac necklace in rheumatic heart disease

Description A 45-year-old male, a known case of rheumatic heart disease (RHD), presented with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III breathlessness of 6 months duration. [...]cases usually present with progressive breathlessness on exertion, with a mid-diastolic murmur at the apex, simulating m...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ case reports 2012-01, Vol.2012 (jan18 1), p.bcr0820114593-bcr0820114593
Hauptverfasser: Kulkarni, Abhijit V, Shankar Rao, Subramani K, Ananthakrishna, Rajiv, Nanjappa, Manjunath C
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Sprache:eng
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Asia
Calcification
Calcinosis - pathology
Cardiovascular disease
Fluoroscopy
Humans
Images In
Indian Subcontinent
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardium - pathology
Physiology
Rheumatic fever
Rheumatic Heart Disease - pathology
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Zusammenfassung:Description A 45-year-old male, a known case of rheumatic heart disease (RHD), presented with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III breathlessness of 6 months duration. [...]cases usually present with progressive breathlessness on exertion, with a mid-diastolic murmur at the apex, simulating mitral stenosis. [...]in RHD, if there is a progressive worsening of cardiovascular disability, constrictive physiology secondary to AV groove calcification should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr.08.2011.4593