cardiological

Last reviewed 01/2018

  • myocardial infarction - in one study, 20% of young people with MI had APS
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • valve degeneration - in one study, 38% of patients had some valvular involvement (particularly mitral involvement)
  • atrial thrombosis mimicking an atrial myxoma
  • "culture negative bacterial endocarditis" - with splinter haemorrhages and clubbing