RELAPSING CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY IN WEGENERS GRANULOMATOSIS

Authors
DELEVAUX I HOEN B SELTONSUTY C CANTON P
Citation
I. Delevaux et al., RELAPSING CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY IN WEGENERS GRANULOMATOSIS, Mayo Clinic proceedings, 72(9), 1997, pp. 848-850
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Mayo Clinic proceedings → ACNP
ISSN journal
00256196
Volume
72
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
848 - 850
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-6196(1997)72:9<848:RCCIWG>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Congestive cardiomyopathy is a highly unusual complication of Wegener' s granulomatosis, In this report, we describe a 37-year-old man with h istologically proven Wegener's granulomatosis who had two episodes of severe hypokinetic cardiomyopathy that responded well to cyclophospham ide, The theory that cardiomyopathy might be related to cardiac involv ement in Wegener's granulomatosis and the beneficial effect of cycloph osphamide in this condition are discussed.