Why the study?
Does combined steroid and cyclophosphamide treatment improve myocardial contraction as measured by ultrasonic tissue characterization in a patient with SLE and acute myocarditis?
Population
A 30-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and acute myocarditis (n=1)
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Single-case improvement in integrated backscatter after immunosuppression in SLE myocarditis; leaves open its reliability for monitoring myocardial recovery.
Does combined steroid and cyclophosphamide treatment improve myocardial contraction as measured by ultrasonic tissue characterization in a patient with SLE and acute myocarditis?
Ultrasonic tissue characterization using integrated backscatter may be a useful method to evaluate myocardial contraction and monitor the clinical course of myocardial involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Ueda et al. (2000) studied this question.
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