Isolated Tricuspid Valve Libman-Sacks Endocarditis and Valvular Stenosis: Unusual Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341.e3-341.e5

  Moaref, Ali Reza ^a   Afifi, Sasan ^a   Rezaian, Sheema ^b   Rezaian, Gholam Reza ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Libman Sacks vegetations; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Tricuspid valve stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MURMUR; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIBMAN SACKS VEGETATION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 77549085050     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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