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BACKGROUND Coronary artery disease is an uncommon event in lupus erythematosus. The mechanisms responsible for coronary occlusion are probably complex and intermixed. We report three patients with lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid antibodies who had coronary artery disease diagnosed with coronary angiogram. METHODS Coronary artery disease occurred in three young patients aged from 21 to 35 years 3 to 11 years after the onset of lupus. They all had antiphospholipid antibodies. They had been treated with corticosteroids for 6 to 36 months. Two of them were smokers. Angiograms showed coronary occlusion two patients while the third one had probable myocardial microvasculopathy. The lupus was quiescent in all cases when coronary artery disease occurred. CONCLUSIONS Antiphospholipid antibodies associated with smoking may be involved in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease in these 3 patients.
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