Autoimmune Disease with Cardiac Valves Involvement: Libman-Sacks Endocarditis

This case study aim to evaluate the response of steroid treatment for autoimmune endocarditis. Valvular heart disease is relatively rising in both congenital and acquired cases, but the autoimmune endocarditis remains rare. In this case, a 34 year old woman with clinical manifestation resembling sys...

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Main Authors: Eka Ginanjar, Yulianto Yulianto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Interna Publishing 2017-08-01
Series:Acta Medica Indonesiana
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Online Access:https://www.actamedindones.org/index.php/ijim/article/view/507
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description This case study aim to evaluate the response of steroid treatment for autoimmune endocarditis. Valvular heart disease is relatively rising in both congenital and acquired cases, but the autoimmune endocarditis remains rare. In this case, a 34 year old woman with clinical manifestation resembling systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is diagnosed with Libman-sacks Endocarditis. After six months of steroid treatment, her clinical manifestations and heart structure improved.
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spelling doaj-art-a3c0a3dee1b34cb2bd653d01f07105542025-08-20T02:50:12ZengInterna PublishingActa Medica Indonesiana0125-93262338-27322017-08-01492202Autoimmune Disease with Cardiac Valves Involvement: Libman-Sacks EndocarditisEka Ginanjar0Yulianto Yulianto1Division of Cardioloagy, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia - Cipto Mangunkusumo, Jakarta, Indonesia.Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia - Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, IndonesiaThis case study aim to evaluate the response of steroid treatment for autoimmune endocarditis. Valvular heart disease is relatively rising in both congenital and acquired cases, but the autoimmune endocarditis remains rare. In this case, a 34 year old woman with clinical manifestation resembling systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is diagnosed with Libman-sacks Endocarditis. After six months of steroid treatment, her clinical manifestations and heart structure improved.https://www.actamedindones.org/index.php/ijim/article/view/507Systemic Lupus ErythematosusSteroidLibman-sacks Endocarditis
spellingShingle Eka Ginanjar
Yulianto Yulianto
Autoimmune Disease with Cardiac Valves Involvement: Libman-Sacks Endocarditis
Acta Medica Indonesiana
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Steroid
Libman-sacks Endocarditis
title Autoimmune Disease with Cardiac Valves Involvement: Libman-Sacks Endocarditis
title_full Autoimmune Disease with Cardiac Valves Involvement: Libman-Sacks Endocarditis
title_fullStr Autoimmune Disease with Cardiac Valves Involvement: Libman-Sacks Endocarditis
title_full_unstemmed Autoimmune Disease with Cardiac Valves Involvement: Libman-Sacks Endocarditis
title_short Autoimmune Disease with Cardiac Valves Involvement: Libman-Sacks Endocarditis
title_sort autoimmune disease with cardiac valves involvement libman sacks endocarditis
topic Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Steroid
Libman-sacks Endocarditis
url https://www.actamedindones.org/index.php/ijim/article/view/507
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