Retinal artery embolization complicating Libman-Sacks endocarditis in a systemic lupus erythematosus patient

Libman-Sacks endocarditis (LSE) is the most characteristic cardiac manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It is usually clinically silent but heart failure due to valvular dysfunction, secondary infective endocarditis and embolic phenomena can complicate valvular abnormalities. We pres...

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Main Authors: Liliana Marta, Maria Luz Pitta, Marisa Peres, Vítor Ferreira, Maria Clotilde Puga, Davide Severino, Graça Ferreira da Silva
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2013-04-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255113000309
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