Cardiovascular complications of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome: a case report and review of literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune response characterized clinically by arterial or venous thrombosis. One of the rare and series forms of APS is the catastrophic APS (CAPS). The incidence of CAPS has been reported in 0.8% of patients with APS. There have been very few case reports with cardiac involvement in CAPS. Common cardiac manifestations include valvular thickening and lesions, coronary artery disease, and myocardial infarction due to microvascular thrombosis. Here, we are reporting a case of CAPS associated with heart failure and a literature review of similar cases.

Case summary

A 24-year-old woman with a history of APS presented with shortness of breath and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram revealed n

SUBMITTER: Mittal N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9154055 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature