Abstracts tagged "Lupus and myocardial involvement"

Abstract Number: 755 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Elevated Serum Procalcitonin at Baseline Correlates with Reduced Survival in Patients with Lupus Myocarditis
Aadhaar Dhooria¹, Atit Gawalkar², Krishna Santosh², Adarsh MB¹, Aman Sharma³, Shefali Sharma², Sanjay Jain⁴ and Varun Dhir⁵, ¹Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Chandigarh, India, ²Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Chandigarh, India, ³Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Services, Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Chandigarh, India, ⁴Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, CHANDIGARH, India, ⁵Internal Medicine (Rheumatology Unit), Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Chandigarh, India
Background/Purpose: Myocarditis is a severe manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Ethnicity is believed to play an important role in influencing the outcome.We aimed to…
Abstract Number: 694 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Lupus Myocarditis: Clinical, Echocardiographic and Magnetic Resonance Characteristics
Maria del Carmen Zamora Medina¹, Hilda Fragoso-Loyo², Martha Morelos³, Juan Jakez-Ocampo⁴, Luis Llorente⁵, Juan Rosas Saucedo⁶ and Yemil Atisha-Fregoso⁷, ¹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico, Mexico, ³Radiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, Mexico, ⁴Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, Mexico, ⁵Immunology and Rheumatology Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁶Internal Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, Mexico, ⁷Internal Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose Myocarditis is an uncommon manifestation with important morbidity and mortality in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). There are scant information about this manifestation…