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Treatment with high-dose corticosteroids dramatically resolved refractory heart failure and improved left ventricular ejection fraction from 30% to 55% in a 27-year-old woman with lupus myocarditis.
Case Report (n=1)
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High-dose corticosteroid and immunosuppressive therapy can dramatically improve severe, refractory heart failure caused by acute lupus myocarditis.
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Supports high-dose corticosteroids in refractory lupus myocarditis HF; single-case evidence leaves open need for prospective trials.
Woo et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Lupus Myocarditis (n=1). Corticosteroids (methylprednisolone and prednisolone) was evaluated on Improvement in heart failure symptoms and left ventricular ejection fraction. Treatment with high-dose corticosteroids dramatically resolved refractory heart failure and improved left ventricular ejection fraction from 30% to 55% in a 27-year-old woman with lupus myocarditis.
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