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CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CORRELATIONS De Subitaneis Mortibus XXIII . Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | James |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | The conduction system of the heart was carefully examined at necropsy in two cases of rheumatoid arthritis and one of ankylosing spondylitis. All three patients had cardiac electrical instability and two of the three died suddenly. The electrophysiological abnormalities of the three patients included paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in the first case, sustained atrial fibrillation with complete heart block and escape atrioventricular (A-V) junctional rhythm in the second case, and progressively increasing heart block eventually became complete in the third case. The sinus node exhibited extensive focal degeneration with and without associated inflammation in |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/circulationaha/55/4/669.full.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
