GPA-Induced Granulomatous Endocarditis Mimicking a Thrombotic Mitral Valve Stenosis

GPA-Induced Granulomatous Endocarditis Mimicking a Thrombotic Mitral Valve Stenosis

We present the case of a patient with granulomatous endocarditis of the mitral valve leading to severe valve stenosis caused by granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Endocarditis is a rare complication of granulomatosis with polyangiitis that may be misdiagnosed as infectious endocarditis or, as in our...

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Main Authors: Christoph Marquetand, MD, Peter Lamprecht, MD, Franz F. Dressler, MD, Sven Perner, MD, PhD, Konstanze Holl-Ulrich, MD, Ulrich Stierle, MD, Anas Aboud, MD, Jan-Christian Reil, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
autoimmune
echocardiography
endocarditis
mitral valve
thrombosis
stenosis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920310007

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