Characteristic cardiac lesion in SLE is:: (A) Pericarditis, (B) Verrucous endocarditis, (C) Myocardial fibrosis, (D) Valvular incompetence
Answer is B. 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.