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Relapsing congestive cardiomyopathy in Wegener's granulomatosis
I Delevaux1, B Hoen, C Selton-Suty
1Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHU de Nancy, Hôpitaux, Brabois, Vandoeuvre, France.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
|September 19, 1997
Abstract:
Congestive cardiomyopathy is a highly unusual complication of Wegener's granulomatosis. In this report, we describe a 37-year-old man with histologically proven Wegener's granulomatosis who had two episodes of severe hypokinetic cardiomyopathy that responded well to cyclophosphamide. The theory that cardiomyopathy might be related to cardiac involvement in Wegener's granulomatosis and the beneficial effect of cyclophosphamide in this condition are discussed.