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[Cardiovascular manifestations in progressive systemic sclerosis]
Archivos Del Instituto De Cardiologia De Mexico
|May 1, 1985
Abstract
Unlabelled:
We studied 20 consecutive patients with progressive systemic sclerosis from the cardiological point of view through non invasive methods. Sixteen (80%) patients had some kind of cardiovascular complications as shown by any of the used methods. a)
Symptoms:
fourteen (70%) referred some type of cardiac symptoms. b)
Physical Examination:
eleven (55%) had an abnormal cardiac examination and 10 (50%) had arterial hypertension. c) Electrocardiogram: sixteen (80%) were abnormal. Among them, three cases (15%) had bifascicular block, complication considered up till now as rare. d) Cardiac X Ray Series: Fourteen (70%) were abnormal mainly due to pulmonary fibrosis (55%). e) Echocardiogram: 45% of them showed some kind of abnormality.