title: Two- and three-dimensional echocardiography in primary antiphospholipid syndrome: misdiagnosis as rheumatic valve disease.
abstract: This is a report of a woman in the fifth decade of life with primary antiphospholipid syndrome and involvement of a heart valve. Diagnosis was reached with echocardiography and serological studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Echocardiography, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Espinola-Zavaleta
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Amigo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vargas-Barrón
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Keirns
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Cárdenas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roldán
mesh_terms: D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*