[Mortality due to heart involvement in the catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome]

Autor: B, Obón Azuara, M R, Ortas Nadal, I, Gutiérrez Cía, R, Bustamante Rodríguez, C, Velilla Soriano, B, Villanueva Anadón
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Anales de medicina interna (Madrid, Spain : 1984). 25(5)
ISSN: 0212-7199
Popis: Catastrophic antiphospolipid syndrome (CAPS) is extremely rare antiphospolipid syndrome (APS) variety associated to higher mortality. When heart involvement appears has worsening pronostic. We reported a CAPS case, possibily afterward sting wasp triggering, with acute heart failure during evolution. The patient died despite angiographic stents, anticoagulation, corticoids and plasmaphereses treatment carried out.
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