Cardiac involvement in antiphospholipid syndrome associated with Sneddon syndrome: A challenging diagnosis
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Cardiac involvement in antiphospholipid syndrome associated with Sneddon syndrome: a challenging diagnosis.
Sneddon syndrome is a rare clinical entity characterized by the association of ischemic cerebrovascular disease and livedo reticularis. The authors report a case of stroke and myocardial infarction in a 39-year-old man with Sneddon syndrome and antiphospholipid syndrome who subsequently met some criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus, highlighting the complexity of cardiovascular involvement...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2174-2049
DOI: 10.1016/j.repce.2013.09.009