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A 52-year-old woman has long-standing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and
is being treated with corticosteroids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs (NSAIDs). Which of the following cardiac complications may arise in
this clinical setting?
A. Constrictive pericarditis
B. Dilated cardiomyopathy
C. Hypersensitivity myocarditis
D. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
E. Restrictive cardiomyopathy

E.

E ,.....

Constrictive pericarditis

explaination please? restrictive pericarditis is from corticol or NSAIDS or RA?

aa he has RA may be it can cause pericardititis
or the poor guy is going to develop uremia due to nsaid renal failure and eventualy
constrictive pericarditis!!!!!!!!!!!!

restrive cardiomyopathy because of RA,which lead to amyloid angiopathy.

thanks alot. you guys are great!

ANSWER IS E.

A. E