Levine A J, Dimitri W R, Bonser R S
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 1999 Feb;15(2):213-4. doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(98)00294-2.
Four cases of patients with aortic incompetence secondary to rheumatoid arthritis are presented. All survived aortic surgery (two having bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement and two a homograft aortic root replacement). A review of the pathophysiology and pathology of this rare cause of aortic regurgitation is presented. A rationale for the choice of aortic valve prosthesis is discussed.
