Non-coronary cardiac manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus in adults: a comparative study

Affiliations

Sameh Sayhi: Autoimmune Disease Research Unit (Ur17dn02), Internal Medicine Department, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Nour Gueddich: Autoimmune Disease Research Unit (Ur17dn02), Internal Medicine Department, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Rym Dhahri: Autoimmune Disease Research Unit (Ur17dn02), Internal Medicine Department, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Najeh Bousetta: Autoimmune Disease Research Unit (Ur17dn02), Internal Medicine Department, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Bilel Arfaoui: Autoimmune Disease Research Unit (Ur17dn02), Internal Medicine Department, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Nadia Ben Abdelhafidh: Autoimmune Disease Research Unit (Ur17dn02), Internal Medicine Department, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Faida Ajili: Autoimmune Disease Research Unit (Ur17dn02), Internal Medicine Department, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Bassem Louzir: Autoimmune Disease Research Unit (Ur17dn02), Internal Medicine Department, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Abstract

Cardiac manifestations develop in the majority of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at some time during the course of their disease.