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European Heart Journal 1990 11(6):572-576;
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© 1990 The European Society of Cardiology

Aortic regurgitation secondary to Behçet's disease. A case report and review of the literature

T. CHIKAMORI, Y. L. Doi, Y. YONEZAWA, J. TAKATA, M. KAWAMURA and T. OZAWA

Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine & Geriatrics, Kochi Medical School, Okohcho, Nankoku Kochi, Japan

Received 4 January 1989; revised 18 October 1989; .

Address for reprints: Yoshinori L. Doi MD, section of Cardiology, Kochi Medical School, Okohcho, Nankoku, kochi, 783, Japan.

Abstract

Cardiac complications, especially aortic regurgitation, are very rare in Behçet's disease. This report describes a patient with a complicated abnormality of the aortic valve apparatus and severe aortic regurgitation secondary to Behcet's disease. In the literature, flail prolapsed valve, perforated valves and rupturedpseudoaneurysms of the sinus of Valsalva have been reported. Echocardiography may be most useful to detect these anatomically complex abnormalities and therefore to elucidate the cause of aortic regurgitation in Behçet's disease.

Key Words: Behçet's disease • aortic regurgitation • echocardiography


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