Miocardite Lúpica: a propósito de um caso clínico

• Author(s): Costa, S ; Franco, F ; Monteiro, P ; Oliveira, L ; Vieira, H ; Garrido, L ; Gonçalves, L ; Gomes, H ; Campos, M ; Providência, LA
• Date: 2005
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/507
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Lúpus Eritematoso Sistémico; Miocardite
• Document Type: Article
• Language: Portuguese

Description

Myocarditis is one of the many possible forms of cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus. Its clinical presentation ranges from asymptomatic patients with self-limited disease to fulminant heart failure that can lead to death. In most cases treatment consists of supportive care only. The authors present the case of a patient with lupus myocarditis.