TY - BOOK AU - Elshaimaa Rezk Elnajjar AU - Hanan Abdelhaliem Abdelrehiem , AU - Mona Salah Eldin , AU - Sameh Bakhoom , TI - Coronary risk prediction and detection of subelinical left ventricular dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus patients / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Elshaimaa Rezk Elnajjar , KW - Cardiac structure and function abnormalities in SLE KW - SLE and atherosclerosis KW - Systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE) N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a typical systemic autoimmune disease and patients with SLE are at a considerable risk of atherosclerosis. Immune mediated mechanisms are involved in the pathogenesis of both autoimmune disease and atherosclerosis. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated with premature atherosclerosis and an increased prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -