title: Systemic sclerosis: a rare cause of heart failure?
abstract: Systemic sclerosis (SS) is a chronic disease in which there may be multisystem involvement. It is rare (estimated prevalence: 0.5-2/10000) with high morbidity and mortality, and there is as yet no curative treatment. We report the case of a young woman newly diagnosed with SS, in whom decompensated heart failure was the main manifestation.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología y Unidad Coronaria, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Electronic address: cambe_cris@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: María Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: González-Cambeiro
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología y Unidad Coronaria, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Emad
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abu-Assi
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología y Unidad Coronaria, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Rami Riziq-Yousef
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Abumuaileq
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología y Unidad Coronaria, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raposeiras-Roubín
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología y Unidad Coronaria, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rigueiro-Veloso
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología y Unidad Coronaria, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Virgós-Lamela
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología y Unidad Coronaria, Complejo Hospitalario de Pontevedra, Spain.
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Díaz-Castro
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología y Unidad Coronaria, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: José Ramón
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: González-Juanatey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
keywords: Cardiomiopatia; Cardiomyopathy; Esclerose sistémica; Heart failure; Insuficiência cardíaca; Systemic sclerosis