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Table 2 cardiovascular features in Behçet Disease patients

From: Cardiac and vascular complications of Behçet disease in the Tunisian context: clinical characteristics and predictive factors

Cardiovascular features

Patients (n)(%)

Vascular involvement (n) (%)

73 (34.27)

Deep venous thrombosis (n) (%)

40 (62.5)

 - Upper limb (n) (%)

8(12.5)

 - Lower limb (n) (%)

16(25)

 - Bilateral lower limb (n) (%)

3 (4.7)

 - Inferior vena cava (n) (%)

8(12.5)

 - More than one site (n) (%)

3(4.7)

 - Budd Chiari syndrome (n) (%)

1(1.55)

 - Mesenteric vein (n) (%)

1(1.55)

Superficial venous thrombosis (n) (%)

15 (23.4)

Pulmonary embolism (n) (%)

9 (14.1)

Pulmonary arterial aneurysm (n) (%)

6 (9.4)

Ascending aorta aneurysm (n) (%)

1 (1.6)

Cardiac involvement (n) (%)

5 (2.4)

 - Pericarditis (n) (%)

1 (1.6)

 -Myocarditis (n) (%)

1 (1.6)

 - Intra cardiac thrombosis (n) (%)

2 (3.1)

 - Myocardial infarction (n) (%)

1 (1.6)