Safe Use of Rituximab in an Elderly Patient With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Severe Heart Failure

J Clin Rheumatol. 2018 Apr;24(3):167-169. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000648.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antirheumatic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antirheumatic Agents / adverse effects
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid* / complications
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid* / diagnosis
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid* / drug therapy
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid* / physiopathology
  • Echocardiography / methods
  • Hand Joints / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Failure* / complications
  • Heart Failure* / diagnosis
  • Heart Failure* / drug therapy
  • Heart Failure* / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methotrexate* / administration & dosage
  • Methotrexate* / adverse effects
  • Radiography / methods
  • Rituximab* / administration & dosage
  • Rituximab* / adverse effects
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Stroke Volume
  • Time
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Rituximab
  • Methotrexate