ISOLATED CARDIAC MANIFESTATIONS OF HUMAN LEUCOCYTE ANTIGEN B27 (HLA-B27): AN AUTOIMMUNE ENIGMA
Autor: | Constantin Marcu, Rajasekhar Nekkanti, Olisaemeka Achike |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
African american
medicine.medical_specialty Human leucocyte antigen HLA-B27 biology business.industry Syncope (genus) Disease biology.organism_classification Parasternal heave Brain natriuretic peptide Internal medicine cardiovascular system medicine Cardiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71:A2316 |
ISSN: | 0735-1097 |
DOI: | 10.1016/s0735-1097(18)32857-2 |
Popis: | Seronegative human leucocyte antigen B27 (HLA-B27) associated cardiac disease occurs rarely. A 53-year-old African American woman presented with syncope and dyspnea for 1 month. Cardiac exam revealed left parasternal heave with grade 2/6 apical holosystolic murmur. Brain natriuretic peptide was |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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