UNUSUAL CORONARY-ARTERY ECTASIA AND STENOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS AND ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

Authors
CHU PH KO YS HSU TS LUO SF CHIANG CW
Citation
Ph. Chu et al., UNUSUAL CORONARY-ARTERY ECTASIA AND STENOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS AND ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, Journal of rheumatology, 25(4), 1998, pp. 807-809
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Journal of rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0315162X
Volume
25
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
807 - 809
Database
ISI
SICI code
0315-162X(1998)25:4<807:UCEASI>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Acute myocardial infarction is an important and sometimes fatal compli cation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We describe a case of ac ute myocardial infarction in a 23-year-old woman with SLE. Angiography revealed coronary ectasia in the left main and proximal circumflex co ronary arteries, as well as a stenotic lesion in the left anterior des cending artery. The possible pathophysiology is discussed.