Myocarditis As A Manifestation Of Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) has been well studied and has known association with Libman Sacks endocarditis, accelerated atherosclerotic disease, valvular dysfunction, intracardiac thrombi and myxomas, pulmonary hypertension, and left ventricular dysfunction. Although APS has been associated with lupus myocarditis, there has not been reports of APS myocarditis. Here we present a unique case of bilateral adrenal hemorrhage and myocarditis secondary to APS.

Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - January 1, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Mica Alex, Modar Alom, Amro Alsaid, Gregory Milligan, Nitin Kabra, David Rawitscher, Aasim Afzal Tags: 088 Source Type: research