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Myocarditis as a prognostic indicator in systemic lupus erythematosus
S Busteed1, P Sparrow, C Molloy
1Department of Rheumatology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK. sandra_busteed@hotmail.com
Postgraduate Medical Journal
|June 12, 2004
Abstract:
Lupus myocarditis is a life threatening complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A case of left ventricular failure secondary to myocarditis occurring in a patient with SLE is reported. Despite resolution of the cardiac failure with pulsed cyclophosphamide and steroids, she eventually died of non-cardiac complications 18 months later. The literature is also reviewed.