Clinical and Histopathological Features of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Undergoing Endomyocardial Biopsy

Cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with a variable phenotype including heart failure, arrhythmias and pulmonary hypertension. The aim of the present study was to evaluate clinical characteristics, histopathological findings and outcome of patients with SSc and a clinical p...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 10; no. 5; p. e0126707
Main Authors:	Mueller, Karin A. L., Mueller, Iris I., Eppler, David, Zuern, Christine S., Seizer, Peter, Kramer, Ulrich, Koetter, Ina, Roecken, Martin, Kandolf, Reinhard, Gawaz, Meinrad, Geisler, Tobias, Henes, Joerg C., Klingel, Karin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 12.05.2015 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adult Authorship Autoimmune diseases Biopsy Bone marrow Cardiac arrhythmia Cardiomyopathy Care and treatment Catheterization Chemotherapy Death Defibrillators, Implantable Diagnosis Disease Drug dosages Echocardiography Female Fibrosis Fibrosis - mortality Fibrosis - physiopathology Heart Heart - physiopathology Heart diseases Heart failure Heart Failure - mortality Heart Failure - physiopathology Heart Ventricles - physiopathology Hematology Hospitals Humans Hypertension Immunology Inflammation Inflammation - mortality Inflammation - physiopathology Interdisciplinary aspects Internal medicine Laboratory tests Male Middle Aged Myocardium Myocardium - pathology Patient outcomes Patients Physiological aspects Quality Rheumatology Scleroderma Scleroderma (Disease) Scleroderma, Systemic - mortality Scleroderma, Systemic - physiopathology Stem cells Systemic sclerosis Transplants & implants Ventricle Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology Germany
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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