Aorto-mitral inflammation in rheumatological disease: transoesophageal echocardiographic presentation

Niels Henrik Krarup; Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen; Ulrik Baandrup; Kaj-Erik Klaaborg; Henrik Egeblad

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Aorto-mitral inflammation in rheumatological disease: transoesophageal echocardiographic presentation

Niels Henrik Krarup, Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen, Ulrik Baandrup, Kaj-Erik Klaaborg, Henrik Egeblad

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Thickening of the aortic root and anterior mitral leaflet has been described in patients with aortic valve insufficiency associated with ankylosing spondylitis. We report identical findings made by transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography in three patients with inflammatory, non-infective aorto-mitral pathology as manifestation of various rheumatological disorders. All three patients had significant aortic valve incompetence. All three had thickened walls of the sinuses of Valsalvae and a thickened anterior mitral leaflet, in one case with chordal rupture. These findings were confirmed at open heart surgery, and further characterized by histological examination.

Original language	English
Journal	European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging
Volume	8
Issue	5
Pages (from-to)	346-51
Number of pages	6
ISSN	1525-2167
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euje.2006.06.010
Publication status	Published - Oct 2007

Keywords

Adult
Aortic Valve Insufficiency/diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve Insufficiency/diagnostic imaging
Rheumatic Heart Disease/complications

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Aorto-mitral inflammation in rheumatological disease: transoesophageal echocardiographic presentation. / Krarup, Niels Henrik; Poulsen, Steen Hvitfeldt; Baandrup, Ulrik et al.
In: European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, Vol. 8, No. 5, 10.2007, p. 346-51.

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