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Characteristic cardiac lesion in SLE is:

A
Pericarditis
B
Verrucous endocarditis
C
Myocardial fibrosis
D
Valvular incompetence
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. B. Verrucous endocarditisThe characteristic cardiac lesions of SLE are verrucous valvular abnormalities known as Libman-Sacks endocarditis.They most often are located on the left-sided cardiac valves, particularly on the ventricular surface of the posterior mitral leaflet and are made up almost entirely of fibrin.However, Pericarditis is the most common cardiac manifestation of SLE.

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