@article{2def7bf21a014f938c45de50862ab3cd,
title = "Recognizing and treating myocarditis in recent-onset systemic sclerosis heart disease: potential utility of immunosuppressive therapy in cardiac damage progression",
abstract = "Scleroderma heart disease is a major risk of death in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Mechanisms underlying myocardial damage are still unclear. We performed an extensive study of SSc patients with recent-onset symptoms for heart disease and examined the efficacy of immunosuppressive therapy.",
keywords = "ANCA, Adult, Aged, Disease Progression, Female, Heart disease, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents, Male, Middle Aged, Myocarditis, Parvovirus B19, Scleroderma, Systemic, Systemic sclerosis, Treatment, Treatment Outcome, ANCA, Adult, Aged, Disease Progression, Female, Heart disease, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents, Male, Middle Aged, Myocarditis, Parvovirus B19, Scleroderma, Systemic, Systemic sclerosis, Treatment, Treatment Outcome",
author = "Filippo Crea and Maurizio Pieroni and Costantino Smaldone and Mara Campioni and Fulvio Bellocci and Lorenzo Bonomo and Gianfranco Ferraccioli",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1016/j.semarthrit.2013.07.006",
language = "English",
volume = "43",
pages = "526--535",
journal = "SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM",
issn = "1532-866X",
publisher = "Philadelphia, Pa.] : W.B. Saunders",
}