Cardiac and neurological involvement in Antiphospholipid syndrome: a case of a 47-year-old woman with nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis and cognitive impairment

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2019 Nov-Dec;60(6):387-390. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2018.06.005. Epub 2018 Jun 21.

Authors

Vasileios Papaliagkas¹, Georgia Kaiafa², Christos Savopoulos³, Eleftheria Ztriva², Pavlos Rouskas², Areti Sofogianni², Georgios Polychronopoulos², Apostolos I Hatzitolios²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Greece.
² 1st Medical Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Greece.
³ 1st Medical Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Greece. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 29936322
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2018.06.005

No abstract available

Keywords: Antiphospholipid syndrome; Cognitive impairment; Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Administration, Intravenous
Antiphospholipid Syndrome / blood
Antiphospholipid Syndrome / complications*
Antiphospholipid Syndrome / drug therapy
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Atrophy / pathology
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Cognitive Dysfunction / etiology*
Cognitive Dysfunction / psychology
Diuretics / administration & dosage
Diuretics / therapeutic use
Echocardiography / methods
Endocarditis, Non-Infective / diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis, Non-Infective / etiology*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / drug therapy
Humans
Immunologic Factors / administration & dosage
Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use
Leukoencephalopathies / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Middle Aged
Rituximab / administration & dosage
Rituximab / therapeutic use
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Substances

Diuretics
Immunologic Factors
Rituximab