Myocardial Infarction in Behçet's Disease
Abstract
We encountered a patient with Behcet's syndrome who had anterior myocardial infarcıion. Involvement of the coronary arteries in Behcet's syndrome has been only rarely reported.
Keywords
Behçet, coronary artery involvement, anterior myocardial infarction
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