• Kardiol Pol · Jan 2012

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    [Severe mitral regurgitation as the first symptom of systemic lupus erythematosus in a young women required mitral valve replacement].

    • Anna Nowicka, Anna Piątkowska, Wojciech Biegalski, Rafał Dankowski, Marek Michalski, Katarzyna Szymanowska, Andrzej Szyszka, Marek Jemielity, Wojciech Seniuk, and Piotr Sosnowski.
    • II Klinika Kardiologii, Katedra Kardiologii, Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego, Poznań. anowicka@ump.edu.pl
    • Kardiol Pol. 2012 Jan 1; 70 (4): 421-3.

    AbstractSystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder resulting in multiorgan inflammatory damage. The heart is frequently involved in SLE. The best known cardiac manifestations are pericarditis and Libman-Saks endocarditis. Severe valvular impairment is rather rare and occurs in few years and in advanced stage of the disease. In this study we report a case of a young women with SLE and heart failure due to mitral regurgitation as the first manifestation of the disease.

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