Table 2.

Attribution of vascular events

	Attributed to Atherosclerosis	Attributed to Active SLE	Attributed to Other Causes*
Number of events	31	50	16
Stroke		20	3
Congestive Heart Failure	5	12	7
Transient Ischemic Attack	2	10	1
Peripheral Vascular Disease	4	3	1
Angina	12	2	1
Myocardial Infarction	8	2	3
Pacemaker Insertion		1

^*List of Causes

Coagulopathy 3

Pregnancy complications 2

Fluid overload 2

Post-operative complications 1

Vertebral artery dissection 1

Pulmonary disease 1

Gastrointestinal bleed 1

Renal failure on dialysis 1

Coronary artery spasm 1

Hypertension 1

Unknown 2