Key result
Echocardiographic abnormalities of the anterior mitral valve leaflet were absent in all 31 patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had adequate echocardiograms.
Why the study?
Are there echocardiographic abnormalities of the anterior mitral valve leaflet in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
Observational (n=35)
Are there echocardiographic abnormalities of the anterior mitral valve leaflet in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
Echocardiographic abnormalities of the anterior mitral valve leaflet rarely occur in patients with rheumatoid arthritis when meticulous recording technique is used.
Suggests anterior mitral leaflet abnormalities are rare in RA with meticulous technique; leaves open confirmation in larger prospective studies.
Thirty-five consecutives patients with classic or definite rheumatoid arthritis underwent echocardiography to evaluate the motion of the anterior mitral valve leaflet. Adequate echocardiograms were obtained in 31 patients. All 31 patients showed normal valve motion and a normal EF slope. If meticulous technique was not observed, a falsely low value for the EF slope was obtained and a normal slope was found when the method was improved. This study shows that echocardiographic abnormalities of the anterior mitral valve leaflet rarely, if ever, occur in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, provided that careful attention to recording method is observed.
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James E. Davia (1975) conducted an observational in Rheumatoid arthritis (n=35). Rheumatoid arthritis was evaluated on Echocardiographic abnormalities of the anterior mitral valve leaflet. Echocardiographic abnormalities of the anterior mitral valve leaflet were absent in all 31 patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had adequate echocardiograms.
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