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Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Behcet's Disease in a Young Male Patient
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1School of Medicine, Student Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
2Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
3Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Disease, Zanjan University of Medical Science, Zanjan, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Corresponding author: School of Medicine, Student Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. E-mail: Email: ham_khed@yahoo.com
Published online:Oct 17, 2017
Article type:Case Report
Received:Jun 17, 2017
Accepted:Aug 02, 2017
How to Cite:Khederlou H, Taheri S, Sadeghi A, Moghtader Mojdehi A. Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Behcet's Disease in a Young Male Patient. Int J Cardiovasc Pract. 2017;2(4):e130072. doi: https://doi.org/10.21859/ijcp-030102
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 evaluati
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