Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 11-2011. A 47-year-old man with systemic lupus erythematosus and heart failure

N Engl J Med. 2011 Apr 14;364(15):1450-60. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1011319.

Authors

Christopher Newton-Cheh¹, Angela E Lin, Aaron L Baggish, He Wang

Affiliation

¹ Cardiovascular Research Center, and Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.

PMID: 21488768
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1011319

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Antirheumatic Agents / adverse effects*
Biomarkers / blood
Cardiomyopathies / chemically induced
Cardiomyopathies / complications
Cardiomyopathies / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Heart Failure / etiology
Humans
Hydroxychloroquine / adverse effects*
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / chemically induced
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / drug therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardium / pathology*
Troponin / blood

Substances

Antirheumatic Agents
Biomarkers
Troponin
Hydroxychloroquine