Acute Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Cardiomyopathy That Improved With Glucocorticoids and Cyclophosphamide
Our patient presented with systolic dysfunction as opposed to diastolic dysfunction that is more typical in patients with SSc-cardiomyopathy. Endomyocardial biopsies lacked T-lymphocyte infiltration that may be due to sampling error because >17 samples are needed to diagnose myocarditis in >80% of cases.
Authors
- Sanjiv J. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5655-8201)
- Jon W. Lomasney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0438-2427)
- Monique Hinchcliff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8652-9890)
- Katherine V. Trinh
- A. Gustafson
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JACC Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102948
- Primary Topic
- Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases