Heart Valve Involvement in Patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study of a Single Centre.
Isaac PonsJoana LouroMarta SitgesBàrbara VidalRicard CerveraGerard EspinosaPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
Heart valve disease is a frequent manifestation in our cohort of APS patients and is associated with demographic, clinical and laboratory features, and increased mortality. More studies are needed, but our results suggest that there may be a subgroup of APS patients with moderate-to-severe valve involvement with its own characteristics that differs from the rest of the patients with mild valve involvement or without valve involvement.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- mitral valve
- aortic stenosis
- ejection fraction
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- heart failure
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery disease
- chronic kidney disease
- clinical trial
- risk factors
- cardiovascular events
- randomized controlled trial
- patient reported outcomes
- peritoneal dialysis
- study protocol