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Susana Costa1, Fátima Franco, Pedro Monteiro, Luís Oliveira, Henrique Vieira, Luís Garrido, Lino Gonçalves, Henrique Gomes, Mário Campos, Luís A Providência.
Abstract
Myocarditis is one of the many possible forms of cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus. Its clinical presentation ranges from asymptomatic patients with self-limited disease to fulminant heart failure that can lead to death. In most cases treatment consists of supportive care only. The authors present the case of a patient with lupus myocarditis.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 16398241
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Port Cardiol ISSN： 0870-2551 Impact factor: 1.374