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Rapid aortic and mitral valve thickening and regurgitation with complete atrioventricular block due to myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Okamoto Memorial Hospital, 100, Nishinokuchi, Sayama, Kumiyama, Kyoto, 613-0034, Japan

    Masahiro Koide, Kento Fukui, Hiroki Kitajima & Satoshi Akabame

  2. Department of Nephrology, Kyoto Okamoto Memorial Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

    Masayasu Nishimura

  3. Department of Pathology, Kyoto Okamoto Memorial Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

    Yasuyuki Enoki

  4. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Okamoto Memorial Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

    Keitarou Koshi

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Movie 1: Transesophageal echocardiography showing severe thickening of aortic leaflets and anterior mitral leaflet (MOV 1571 kb)

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Koide, M., Fukui, K., Nishimura, M. et al. Rapid aortic and mitral valve thickening and regurgitation with complete atrioventricular block due to myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. J Echocardiogr 19, 187–189 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-020-00473-x

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