Spondyloarthritis-Related Autoimmune Aortitis Complicated by Severe Aortic Regurgitation

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Dec;12(1):e008341. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.118.008341.

Authors

Wai Kin Chi¹, Gary Tse^{1

2}, Paul Choi³, Kevin K H Kam¹, Lydia Tam¹, Alex Pui Wai Lee¹, Lai Shan Tam¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Therapeutics (W.K.C., G.T., K.K.H.K., L.T., A.P.W.L., L.S.T.), Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, SAR.
² Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences (G.T.), Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, SAR.
³ Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology (P.C.), Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, SAR.

PMID: 30632387
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.118.008341

No abstract available

Keywords: aortic; aortitis; bone marrow; endocarditis; positron emission tomography.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Adult
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / etiology*
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery
Aortitis / diagnostic imaging
Aortitis / drug therapy
Aortitis / etiology*
Aortography
Autoimmune Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Autoimmune Diseases / drug therapy
Autoimmune Diseases / etiology*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Male
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
Severity of Illness Index
Spondylarthritis / complications*
Spondylarthritis / diagnosis
Spondylarthritis / drug therapy
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Immunosuppressive Agents