TY - JOUR T1 - Presumptive evidence of cardiac rheumatoid nodules assessed by twodimensional echocardiography JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 61 LP - 64 VL - 52 IS - 1 AU - Barney B. Beaver AU - Ernesto E. Salcedo AU - John Yiannikas AU - Rafael Arsuaga Y1 - 1985/03/20 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/52/1/61.abstract N2 - Three patients with nodular rheumatoid arthritis underwent two-dimensional echocardiography for evaluation of cardiac murmurs of undefined etiology. Each patient had long-standing rheumatoid arthritis with palpable and visible extensor surface nodules. Discretely identifiable, nodular-appearing, echodense masses involving various cardiac structures were visualized in each of the patients examined. These echodense masses may represent cardiac rheumatoid nodules—the unique cardiac manifestation of rheumatoid heart disease. ER -