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Angiology, Vol. 58, No. 2, 238-241 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707300369

Heart Failure in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treated by Cardiac Resynchronization

A Case Report

Malgorzata Peregud-Pogorzelska, MD

Department of Cardiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Jaroslaw Kazmierczak, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, j.kazmierczak{at}acx.pl

Zdzislawa Kornacewicz-Jach, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

The presented case report describes a female patient suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus, in whom dilated cardiomyopathy with progressive heart failure was a very first symptom of the disease. The advanced invasive treatment method, cardiac resynchronization therapy, was successfully applied to improve the quality of life, clinical symptoms, and exercise tolerance.


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