title: Aortoarteritis with systemic lupus erythematosus and secondary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome: a rare association.
abstract: A 41-year-old woman diagnosed with aortoarteritis since 1988 was admitted with unstable angina. She also had anemia, thrombocytopenia, aortic regurgitation and pulmonary artery hypertension. She gave a history of recurrent fetal loss and myocardial infarction, following which angioplasty to the left anterior descending artery had been done. After investigation, a diagnosis of aortoarteritis with systemic lupus erythematosus and associated antiphospholipid antibody syndrome was made. Aortoarteritis may coexist with systemic lupus erythematosus and associated antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi.
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Nishith
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001167:Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*