Coronary arteritis complicating rheumatoid arthritis.
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Coronary arteritis complicating rheumatoid arthritis.
The case is described of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who developed heart failure and vasculitis and died of a myocardial infarction. Autopsy showed vasculitis of several major epicardial coronary arteries. Coronary arteritis in a patient with RA is seldom diagnosed during their lifetime but should be suspected when such a patient develops ischaemic heart disease.
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.45.11.963