Complete heart block in a patient with systemic sclerosis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 551-552

  Moyssakis, I ^a   Papadopoulos, D P ^a   Tzioufas, A G ^b   Votteas, V ^a  

^a LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Complete heart block; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE; NIFEDIPINE; OXYGEN; PREDNISONE; SCL 70 ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SCLERODERMA, DIFFUSE;

EID: 33746517934     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0068-2     Document Type: Article

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