Intra-Vascular Ultrasound Findings of Diffuse Coronary Atherosclerotic Change in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus With Secondary Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Yasumasa Ikeda; Shusuke Yagi; Hiroshi Yamaguchi; Mitsunori Fujimura; Shunji Hashizume; Ken-ichi Aihara; Masashi Akaike; Hiroyuki Azuma; Toshio Matsumoto

doi:10.1253/circj.70.1082

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Intra-Vascular Ultrasound Findings of Diffuse Coronary Atherosclerotic Change in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus With Secondary Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Yasumasa Ikeda, Shusuke Yagi, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Mitsunori Fujimura, Shunji Hashizume, Ken-ichi Aihara, Masashi Akaike, Hiroyuki Azuma, Toshio Matsumoto

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Yasumasa Ikeda
Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Sciences, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Shusuke Yagi
Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Sciences, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Sciences, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Mitsunori Fujimura
Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Sciences, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Shunji Hashizume
Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Sciences, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Ken-ichi Aihara
Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Sciences, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Masashi Akaike
Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Sciences, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Hiroyuki Azuma
Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Sciences, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Toshio Matsumoto
Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Sciences, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School

Keywords: Coronary atherosclerosis, Intra-vascular ultrasound, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Vascular inflammation

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2006 Volume 70 Issue 8 Pages 1082-1085

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.70.1082

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Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) are autoimmune inflammatory diseases associated with juvenile atherosclerosis and thrombosis, respectively. A 44-year-old woman who had SLE with secondary APS had been treated with corticosteroid therapy, however, her inflammatory marker had never been within a normal range in her clinical course, and finally acute myocardial infarction was developed. Intra-vascular ultrasound also revealed diffuse coronary atherosclerosis progression for her age, which might result from SLE and APS, including vascular inflammation. (Circ J 2006; 70: 1082 - 1085)

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