Unsuspected cardiovascular involvement in relapsing polychondritis: a case of aortitis with critical coronary artery stenosis secondary to relapsing polychondritis

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Mar;7(2):409-11. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.001290.
No abstract available

Keywords: biological therapy; polychondritis, relapsing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortitis / blood
  • Aortitis / complications*
  • Aortitis / diagnosis
  • Biopsy
  • C-Reactive Protein / metabolism
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Coronary Stenosis / etiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electrocardiography
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polychondritis, Relapsing / blood
  • Polychondritis, Relapsing / complications*
  • Polychondritis, Relapsing / diagnosis
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • C-Reactive Protein