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50 young patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed acute myocardial infarction, consisting of…
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Atherosclerosis predominates in young SLE-AMI with renal and steroid associations; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Acute myocardial infarction in young SLE patients is rare but occurs, with coronary atherosclerosis being the most common mechanism, highlighting the need for early cardiac evaluation and risk factor management.
Korkmaz et al. (2007) studied this question.
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