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William C Roberts1, Andy Y Lee2, Stuart R Lander2
1Baylor Scott and White Heart and Vascular Institute, Departments of Internal Medicine and Heart Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Scott and White Health, Dallas, Texas; Departments of Internal Medicine (Division of Cardiology) and Cardiac Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Scott and White Health, Dallas, Texas.
Abstract:
Described herein is a 39-year-old man with systemic lupus erythematosus not receiving corticosteroid therapy who developed Libman-Sacks endocarditis causing stenosis of a bioprosthesis in the aortic valve position.
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