Systemic lupus erythematosus complicated by dilated cardiomyopathy and severe heart failure

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-127

  Usalan, Celalettin ^a   Buyukhatipoglu, Hakan ^a,b   Tiryaki, Ozlem ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; DIGOXIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; FUROSEMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CONFUSION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CYANOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART SOUND; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG CONGESTION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALAISE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SKIN TEMPERATURE; ST SEGMENT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 33845874360     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0123-z     Document Type: Article

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