Myocarditis in a 72-year-old woman with late onset systemic lupus erythematous
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Myocarditis in a 72-year-old woman with late onset systemic lupus erythematous.
A 72-year-old female with late onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was admitted with chest pain and dyspnoea, and was submitted to investigation by echocardiogram, cardiovascular magnetic resonance(CMR) and serology panel. Morphological and functional studies of the heart revealed conspicuous inflammatory signs and moderate effusion compatible with myocarditis and pericarditis. Myocarditis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1137-6627
DOI: 10.4321/s1137-66272012000100015