Severe aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation in a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Libman-Sacks endocarditis complicating systemic lupus erythematosus has rarely been reported to cause hemodynamically significant valvular lesions. This report presents a case of severe aortic stenosis combined with severe mitral regurgitation associated with systemic lupus erythematosus in a young woman who died while on the quota list for surgery.
Moyssakis
Ioannis
I
University of Athens, Medical School, Department of Cardiology, Laikon Hospital, Greece.
Tzioufas
Athanasios
A
Triposkiadis
Filippos
F
Strateges
Nikolaos
N
Kyriakidis
Michael
M
D000328:Adult; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*