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Cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis
A Anvari1, W Graninger, B Schneider
1Department of Cardiology, University of Vienna, Austria.
Objective:
To assess the incidence and extent of cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients with no apparent cardiac symptoms.
Methods:
Surface electrocardiography, ambulatory electrocardiography, radionuclide ventriculography, myocardial scintigraphy, and echocardiography were performed in 18 patients.
Results:
These studies demonstrated ventricular tachycardia in 1 patient, nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in 5, supraventricular tachycardia in 6, decreased left ventricular ejection fraction in 2, decreased right ventricular ejection fraction in 8, and stress-induced reversible myocardial perfusion abnormalities in 6.
Conclusion:
These observations demonstrate a high rate of cardiac abnormalities in SSc patients without cardiac symptoms.
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