Vascular purpura revealing a severe dilated cardiomyopathy with left ventricular apical thrombus
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چکیده
We present a case of vascular purpura revealing an intra-cardiac left-sided thrombus complicating an end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy. Vascular purpura main etiologies encompass the wide specturm of vasculitides and microvascular-occlusion syndromes. Among them, cardiac embolism represents an unusal but potentially severe etology.
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دوره 3 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2012