title: Severe congestive lupus cardiomyopathy complicated by an intracavitary thrombus: a clinical and echocardiographic followup.
abstract: Severe congestive cardiomyopathy is an uncommon complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We describe a patient with active SLE and a circulating anticoagulant. She presented with a rapidly progressive cardiomyopathy, complicated by an intracavitary thrombus and cerebral infarction. The course of the disease is described, with special emphasis on the usefulness of consecutive echocardiographic studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Ichilov Hospital, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gur
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Keren
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Averbuch
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Levo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*