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Valve Morphology in Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome: Echocardiographic Features
Author(s) -
Qaddoura Fatema,
Connolly Heidi,
Grogan Martha,
Orszulak Tom A.,
Schaff Hartzell V.,
Chandrasekaran Krishnaswamy,
Click Roger L.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2005.04021.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thickening , antibody , antiphospholipid syndrome , cardiac valve , cardiology , anticardiolipin antibodies , pathology , immunology , chemistry , polymer science
Primary antiphospholipid antibody (PAP) syndrome can present with a variety of clinical manifestations including cardiac valvular lesions. Prior reports of the valvular lesions associated with PAP have been nonspecific. The purpose of this paper is to present four cases of patients with documented PAP and demonstrate the characteristic transesophageal echocardiographic features. The primary feature is focal, symmetrical, nodular thickening at the leaflet's coaptation points.