Linked Life Data

7131708

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/7131708

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
An extensive myocardial fibrosis due to progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) was described in a 36-year-old normotensive woman without pulmonary hypertension. An electrocardiogram showed low voltage and a pseudo-infarctional pattern in leads V1 through V3. Right ventricular dilatation and generalized left ventricular hypokinesis were present, but her pulmonary artery pressure was normal. Serum creatine kinase (CK) was elevated to 2305 U/L and CK-MB isoenzyme was as high as 7.1%. Simultaneously performed isoenzyme analysis of CK from the homogenate of the skeletal muscle of the patient showed a similar pattern, thus confirming that serum CK originated mainly from the skeletal muscle lesions. Autopsy findings demonstrated diffuse myocardial fibrosis and relatively unremarkable changes in the lungs and the kidneys. Our case serves as a warning that primary myocardial fibrosis could be, in some cases, so extensive that it might lead to a rapidly aggravated myocardial dysfunction and eventual death.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0047-1828
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1159-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
An extensive primary myocardial fibrosis in progressive systemic sclerosis--a case report with autopsy findings.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports