title: Left ventricular aneurysms developed in a patient with systemic sclerosis.
abstract: A 60-year-old woman with systemic sclerosis, lung fibrosis, and primary biliary cirrhosis was admitted to our hospital because of heart failure. Ventricular aneurysms were found in the apex and the posterior wall of the left ventricle by angiocardiography; however, there was no sign of coronary artery stenosis. A myocardial biopsy specimen revealed diffuse focal myocardial fibrosis. In this case, the patient with systemic sclerosis developed a rare complication of ventricular aneurysms without coronary disease.
authors: Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, 783-8505, Japan. yoshii-tan@star.quolia.com
authors: Yoshinori
authors: Y
authors: Taniguchi
authors: Susumu
authors: S
authors: Nishiyama
authors: Yasuhiko
authors: Y
authors: Yoshinaga
authors: Shoji
authors: S
authors: Miyawaki
authors: Kozo
authors: K
authors: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D004232:Diuretics; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid; D011239:Prednisolone