Complete heart block and permanent pacemaker implantation in a patient with systemic sclerosis

Canpolat, Uğur; Canpolat, Asena Gökçay; Kabakçı, Giray

doi:10.5152/akd.2012.196

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“…1 Currently, there are only five case reports in contemporary literature describing a patient with CHB as a result of SSc. [3][4][5][6][7] This is the first case report that we know of where CMR was used to evaluate the extent of cardiac fibrosis.…”

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“…2 Very rarely, CHB can be caused by infiltrative diseases such as systemic sclerosis (SSc). [3][4][5][6][7] SSc is an autoimmune disorder with variable clinical manifestations and organ involvement due to a trifecta of autoimmunity, vasculopathy, and fibrosis. 8 The skin, gastrointestinal tract, and lungs are more commonly involved in SSc than the heart.…”

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