International Journal of Cardiovascular Practice
Vol 2, No 4 (2017)

Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Behcet's Disease in a Young Male Patient

Khederlou, Hamid (Unknown)
Taheri, Samin (Unknown)
Sadeghi, Alireza (Unknown)
Moghtader Mojdehi, Amirhossein (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Oct 2017

Abstract

Behcet?s disease is a multisystemic, inflammatory and chronic disorder characterized by recurrent oral aphthous ulcers and genital ulcers, uveitis and other manifestations, including systemic organ involvement. Cardiac involvement in Behcet?s disease is rarely however, it plays an important role in prognosis and increases mortality. We hereby have reported a case of Behcet's disease with dilated cardiomyopathy. He was presented with constitutional symptoms and also oral and genital aphthous ulcers, pseudofolliculitis, tachycardia, arthritis, splenomegaly, ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) and CRP (C-reactive protein) elevation and LV systolic dysfunction with LVEF=45% were found in evaluation. He was started on Azathioprine and Prednisolone.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijcp

Publisher

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

International Journal of Cardiovascular Practice(IJCP) is an international quarterly journal dedicated to a broad spectrum of topics in cardiology. All manuscripts must be prepared in English, and are subject to a rigorous and fair peer-review process. Accepted papers will immediately appear online ...