[Myocardial infarction, an unrecognized complication of Behçet's disease?]

It the vascular complications of Behcet's disease, especially thrombophlebitis, are well known, coronary involvement in seldom described (less than ten cases in the literature). The two cases reported here, of patients under 45, having presented both a myocardial infarction confirmed by coronary arteriography, lead to bring up first the problem of the causal relationship between disease and necrosis (inflammatory syndrome, thrombogenic tendency, vasospastic aspect), to reach a preventive attitude with, firstly, and extended use of anticoagulants in patients severely affected, in evolutive outbreaks, and then with the easier indication of anti-spastic treatments, mostly calcium blockers.