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Two and three-dimensional echocardiography in primary antiphospholipid syndrome: misdiagnosis as rheumatic valve disease

Nilda Espínola‐Zavaleta, Mary‐Carmen Amigo, Jesús Vargas‐Barrón, Candace Keirns, Ángel Romero Cárdenas, Marcela Vidal, J. Roldán

Lupus · 2001 · 12 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

This is a report of a woman in the fifth decade of life with primary antiphospholipid syndrome and involvement of a heart valve. Diagnosis was reached with echocardiography and serological studies.

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