Cardiac transplant in young female patient diagnosed with diffuse systemic sclerosis

Guillermo Bennasar; Leandro Carlevaris; Anastasia Secco; Felix Romanini; Marta Mamani

doi:10.1016/j.reuma.2015.10.001

Cardiac transplant in young female patient diagnosed with diffuse systemic sclerosis

Reumatol Clin. 2016 Sep-Oct;12(5):285-7. doi: 10.1016/j.reuma.2015.10.001. Epub 2015 Dec 15.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Guillermo Bennasar¹, Leandro Carlevaris², Anastasia Secco², Felix Romanini², Marta Mamani²

Affiliations

¹ Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PMID: 26702511
DOI: 10.1016/j.reuma.2015.10.001

Abstract

Systemic sclerosis (SS) in a multifactorial and systemic, chronic, autoimmune disease that affects the connective tissue. We present this clinical case given the low prevalence of diffuse SS with early and progressive cardiac compromise in a young patient, and treatment with cardiac transplantation.

Keywords: Esclerosis sistémica; Heart transplantation; Paciente joven; Systemic sclerosis; Trasplante cardíaco; Young patient.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Fatal Outcome
Female
Heart Transplantation*
Humans
Scleroderma, Diffuse / surgery*
Young Adult