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Case Reports
Usefulness of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Patient with Cardiac Involvement of Systemic Sclerosis.
- Shingo Ota, Motoki Taniguchi, Yosuke Katayama, Yuichi Ozaki, Keisuke Satogami, Yasushi Ino, Naoki Yamamoto, Koji Onoda, and Atsushi Tanaka.
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shingu Municipal Medical Center, Japan.
- Intern. Med. 2022 Jul 1; 61 (13): 1977-1981.
AbstractA 72-year-old Japanese woman with systemic sclerosis was admitted to our hospital because of symptoms of heart failure. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging had shown that extensive myocardial fibrosis secondary to systemic sclerosis was the main cause of heart failure. One month after CMR, she had complete atrioventricular (AV) block. It was suggested that the progression of fibrosis to the AV node caused complete AV block. This case report has clinical implications in highlighting the fact that CMR is useful for not only evaluating the present pathophysiology but also predicting future adverse events in patients with systemic sclerosis.
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