Abstract

BAHENA-LOPEZ, Eduardo  and  LOYA-CENTURION, Jorge. Relapsing polychondritis, a rare cause of valvulopathy: A review of the medical literature. Arch. Cardiol. Méx. [online]. 2020, vol.90, n.2, pp.173-176.  Epub Oct 23, 2020. ISSN 1665-1731.  https://doi.org/10.24875/acme.m20000112.

Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is an inflammatory disease that involves cartilaginous structures predominantly in the nose, ears, and respiratory tract. Cardiovascular involvement is not common. Despite this, they are the second cause of death in patients with RP. The structures usually affected by this disease are the heart valves, with regurgitation being the most common valvulopathy. We present the case of a patient without the previous diagnosis of RP who was referred to our institute with heart failure secondary to aortic regurgitation, initially attributed to endocarditis.

Keywords : Relapsing polychondritis; Valvular disease; Aortic regurgitation; Mexico.