Biopsy-Proven Lymphocytic Myocarditis With Heart Failure in a Middle-Aged Female Patient With Mixed Connective Tissue Disease

Biopsy-Proven Lymphocytic Myocarditis With Heart Failure in a Middle-Aged Female Patient With Mixed Connective Tissue Disease

A 56-year-old woman with mixed connective tissue disease, who was on maintenance immunosuppression, developed asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction, ventricular arrhythmia, and high troponin I. Heart catheterization showed normal coronaries and biopsy-proven, virus-negative lymphocytic myocardit...

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Main Authors: Stefano Figliozzi, MD, Stefania Rizzo, MD, Chun-Yan Cheng, MD, PhD, Sabino Iliceto, MD, Cristina Basso, MD, PhD, Alida L.P. Caforio, MD, PhD, Renzo Marcolongo, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
autoimmune
cardiomyopathy
chronic heart failure
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919301263

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