title: Left ventricular aneurysm, normal coronary arteries and embolization in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: We describe a 30-year-old woman with a normal appearing coronary artery associated with SLE who suffered myocardial infarction with left ventricular aneurysm and systemic embolization including cerebral infarctions and saddle embolism. The patient was surgically treated with good results. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of systemic embolism due to myocardial infarction occurring in SLE with a normal coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagaoka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Funakoshi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Innami
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology