@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 = "Maurizio Pieroni and {De Santis}, M and G Zizzo and Bosello, {Silvia Laura} and Costantino Smaldone and Mara Campioni and {De Luca}, G and A Laria and Agostino Meduri and Fulvio Bellocci and Lorenzo Bonomo and Filippo Crea 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 = "0049-0172",
publisher = "W B Saunders Company:Fulfillment Department, The Curtis Center, Independence Square West:Philadelphia, PA 19106:(800)654-2452, (215)238-7800, EMAIL:
[email protected], INTERNET: http://elsevierhealth.com, Fax: (215)238-6445",
number = "4",
}