Echocardiographic Abnormalities and Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Echocardiographic Abnormalities and Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

OBJECTIVE: Lupus anticoagulant and anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) have been associated with thrombosis, recurrent abortion, and thrombocytopenia in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but their relationship with cardiac disease is less clear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate...

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Main Authors: Creso Abreu Falcão, Izabel Cristina Alves, Wiliam Habib Chahade, Ângela Luzia Branco Pinto Duarte, Norma Lucena-Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2002-09-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
lupus erythematosus
antiphospholipid syndrome
lupus coagulation inhibitor
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2002001200008

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