title: [Mortality due to heart involvement in the catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome].
abstract: Catastrophic antiphospolipid syndrome (CAPS) is extremely rare antiphospolipid syndrome (APS) variety associated to higher mortality. When heart involvement appears has worsening pronostic. We reported a CAPS case, possibily afterward sting wasp triggering, with acute heart failure during evolution. The patient died despite angiographic stents, anticoagulation, corticoids and plasmaphereses treatment carried out.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. blankaobona@yahoo.es
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authors.lastname: Obón Azuara
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authors.lastname: Ortas Nadal
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authors.lastname: Gutiérrez Cía
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authors.lastname: Bustamante Rodríguez
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authors.lastname: Velilla Soriano
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authors.lastname: Villanueva Anadón