Rheumatoid endocarditis

  • Juan Manuel Anaya Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Medellín, Colombia)
  • José A. Cadena Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB) (Medellín, Colombia)
  • Luis Aurelio Díaz Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia)

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease in which the extra-articular involvement is not uncommon. Cardiac compromise may be frequent although most often is clinically silent.

Herein we describe two cases of RA-related endocarditis, one of which required valve replacement. Etanercept was useful in controlling both articular and extra-articular RA compromise

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Author Biography

Juan Manuel Anaya, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Medellín, Colombia)

Investigador asociado, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), y profesor titular, Clínica Universitaria Bolivariana (CUB), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín;

How to Cite
Anaya, J. M., Cadena, J. A., & Díaz, L. A. (1). Rheumatoid endocarditis. Acta Medica Colombiana, 28(4), 205-208. Retrieved from https://actamedicacolombiana.com/ojs/index.php/actamed/article/view/3278
Issue
Vol. 28 No. 4 (2003): REVISTA ACTA MÉDICA COLOMBIANA - DIGITAL
Section
Case Reports

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