CARDIAC INVOLVEMENT IN SCLERODERMA - 11/09/11

Doi : 10.1016/S0889-857X(05)70304-5

Anita Deswal, MD ^{^{*
From the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}}, William P. Follansbee, MD ^{^{*
From the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}}

Resumen

Heine^{36 Heine J. Uber ein eigenartiges Krankheitsbild von diffuser Sklerosis der Haut and innerer Organe Virchows Arch 1926 ; 262 : 351

Haga clic aquí para ir a la sección de Referencias} in 1926 and Weiss and colleagues^{82 Weiss S., Stead E.A., Warren J.V. , y al. Scleroderma heart disease, with a consideration of certain other visceral manifestations of scleroderma Arch Intern Med 1943 ; 71 : 749

Haga clic aquí para ir a la sección de Referencias} in 1943 were the first to report cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Weiss et al^{82 Weiss S., Stead E.A., Warren J.V. , y al. Scleroderma heart disease, with a consideration of certain other visceral manifestations of scleroderma Arch Intern Med 1943 ; 71 : 749

Haga clic aquí para ir a la sección de Referencias} described nine cases of SSc with congestive heart failure and postulated myocardial fibrosis as the etiologic factor. It has since been established that SSc can involve the myocardium, pericardium, and conduction system of the heart.^{67 Oram S., Stokes W. The heart in scleroderma Br Heart J 1961 ; 23 : 225

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