Myocardial Infarction in a Young Woman With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

1 August 1980

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Angiology

Vol. 31 (8) , 573-575
https://doi.org/10.1177/000331978003100811

Abstract

We describe the case of a young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who suffered an acute myocardial infarction (MI). The patient was treated by corticoste roids in addition to the usual management for acute MI. The role of arteritis in produc ing the infarction is also discussed.

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