Cardiogenic shock treated effectively by Berlin Heart implantation in a young patient with systemic lupus erythematosus
A 28-year-old patient had been treated for kidney failure with progressive oliguria progressing to anuria requiring hemodialysis, with suspected systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).While hospitalized in rheumatology and nephrology clinics, kidney and skin biopsies were performed, which confirmed the diagnosis of SLE.The patient was diagnosed with vasculitis and severe acute thrombotic microangiopathy.Plasmapheresis was performed, pulse steroids, rituximab, mycophenolate mofetil, and cyclophosphamide were administered.Eculizumab treatment was
Authors
- Andrzej Ostrowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3075-093X)
- Ewa Wojtaszek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5970-8466)
- Mariusz Kuśmierczyk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9851-9596)
- Ewa Budzisz
- Inna Zaboyska
- Maciej Michałowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9220-8788)
- Justyna Sejboth
- Dorota Komorowska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9881-7785)
- Radosław Wilimski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3408-3997)
- Katarzyna Błońska
- Beata Broy-Jasik
- Katarzyna Kodziszewska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3332-707X)
- Grażyna Popko
- Zuzanna Strząska-Kliś
- Jakub Kościołek
- M Budnik
- Małgorzata Sobieszczańska-Małek
- Izabela Krysińska
- Tadeusz Bering
Institutions
- Medical University of Silesia (PL)
- Medical University of Warsaw (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Kardiologia Polska
- Published
- 2026-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.111684
- Primary Topic
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00