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Query: UMLS:C0231807 (
exertional dyspnea
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
A 60-year-old woman with a history of rheumatoid arthritis was admitted to the hospital for investigation of
dyspnea on exertion
(New York Heart Association class II), polyarthralgias and mild fever. An echocardiogram revealed asymmetric hypertrophy of the interventricular septum with signs of subaortic obstruction.The coexistence of rheumatoid arthritis and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy could be connected with the human
lymphocyte antigen
DR4, which is common in both conditions. Further studies are necessary to assess whether a true association of the above diseases exists.
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PMID:Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy in rheumatoid arthtritis - coincidence or association? A case report. 1949 31
