Life-threatening arrhythmias in a scleroderma patient: the role of myocardial inflammation in arrhythmic outburst

Scand J Rheumatol. 2017 Jan;46(1):78-80. doi: 10.3109/03009742.2016.1157626. Epub 2016 Apr 21.

Authors

G De Luca¹, S Bosello¹, A M Leone², F Gabrielli³, G Pelargonio², F Inzani⁴, F Crea², G Ferraccioli¹

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology and Affine Sciences , Catholic University of the Sacred Heart , Rome , Italy.
² b Institute of Cardiology , Catholic University of the Sacred Heart , Rome , Italy.
³ c Division of Heart Failure and Cardiac Rehabilitation , Columbus Integrated Complex , Rome , Italy.
⁴ d Institute of Pathology , Catholic University of the Sacred Heart , Rome , Italy.

PMID: 27098649
DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2016.1157626

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / diagnostic imaging
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / etiology*
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / pathology
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Myocardium / pathology
Scleroderma, Systemic / complications*