@article{ajmcr2019754,
author={{Bouomrani, Salem and Rega?eg, Karama and Belgacem, Nesrine and Guermazi, Mouna and Krimi, Sami and Zakhama, Abdelfatteh},
title={Fatal Cardiac Involvement Revealing Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis},
journal={American Journal of Medical Case Reports},
volume={7},
number={5},
pages={90--93},
year={2019},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/7/5/4},
issn={2374-216X},
abstract={Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly known as Wegener's disease, is a rare necrotizing and granulomatous systemic vasculitis of small vessels. Cardiac involvement in GPA is unusual and the heart is part of the so-called "atypical" locations of this vasculitis. This complication is often little-known and overlooked by clinicians despite its severity and high mortality. Symptomatic acute myocardial infarction is an exceptional presentation of cardiac involvement associated to GPA. We report an original observation of fatal cardiac damage revealing GPA in a 50-year-old Tunisian man with no pathological medical history. The diagnosis was made on post-mortem examination.},
doi={10.12691/ajmcr-7-5-4}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}