A Case of Heart Failure in a Patient With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Heriberto Matos Santana, MD; Brittain Heindl, MD; Sarabjeet Suri, MD; Salma Khatoon, MD; Sudeep Aryal, MD; Arka Chatterjee, MD; Silvio Litovsky, MD; Hamdy Ahmed, MD; Amanda Schnell, MD; Indranee Rajapreyar, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Mar 2020)

A Case of Heart Failure in a Patient With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Heriberto Matos Santana, MD,
Brittain Heindl, MD,
Sarabjeet Suri, MD,
Salma Khatoon, MD,
Sudeep Aryal, MD,
Arka Chatterjee, MD,
Silvio Litovsky, MD,
Hamdy Ahmed, MD,
Amanda Schnell, MD,
Indranee Rajapreyar, MD

Affiliations

Heriberto Matos Santana, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Address for correspondence: Dr. Heriberto Matos Santana, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, THT-321, 1900 University Boulevard, Birmingham, Alabama 35294.
Brittain Heindl, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Sarabjeet Suri, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Salma Khatoon, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Sudeep Aryal, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Arka Chatterjee, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Silvio Litovsky, MD: Division of Anatomic, Clinical and Laboratory Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Hamdy Ahmed, MD: Division of Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Amanda Schnell, MD: Division of Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Indranee Rajapreyar, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 3
pp. 414 – 419

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Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can present with multiple cardiovascular pathologies, including pulmonary hypertension, valvular disease, pericarditis, myocarditis, and premature atherosclerosis. SLE medications can also cause cardiovascular side effects. We present a patient who developed a severe cardiomyopathy secondary to the hydroxychloroquine prescribed to treat her SLE. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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