(I-3A.1) Rheumatic heart disease and Takayasu’s arteritis. Can these two diseases coexist? Prof. Egle Ereminiene MD, PhD, Cardiologist Raimonda Verseckaite, Cardiology resident Laura Urbonaite
BRIEF COMMENTS EXPERT: Prof. Roland Hetzer, MD, PhD Affiliation: German Heart Instiute, Berlin, Germany COMMENT Considering the current symptoms, impairment of exercise tolerance is most probably the result of mitral regurgitation, rather than peripheral artery disease. Mitral valve replacement is recommended. EXPERT: Paweł Rubiś, MD, PhD Affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland COMMENT Coexistence of two diseases (atherosclerosis and vasculitis) cannot be excluded. However, there are no signs of active inflammatory process …