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Severe valvular heart disease in a patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome
A Alvarez-Blanco1, M V Egurbide-Arberas, C Aguirre-Errasti
1Department of Internal Medicine, Cruces Hospital, Basque Country University, Baracaldo (Vizcaya), Spain.
Lupus
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
Valvular replacement was performed in a patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome and severe mitral insufficiency. The valvular tissue presented thrombotic phenomena and fibrosis with minimum inflammatory component.