| Literature DB >> 15846169 |
Necla Ozer1, Orçun Ciftçi, Metin Demirci, Enver Atalar, Kenan Ovünç, Serdar Aksöyek, Ferhan Ozmen, Sirri Kes.
Abstract
Behcet's disease is known as a chronic systemic vasculitic syndrome, the hallmark of which is recurrent oral aphthous and genital ulcerations and uveitis. Vascular involvement, mainly thrombosis, reportedly affects as many as one-third of patients. Cardiac involvement, however, is very rare. We present in this report a young female patient developing right ventricular thrombus while being treated medically.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15846169 DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.10.022
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Soc Echocardiogr ISSN: 0894-7317 Impact factor: 5.251