Objectives cardiac involvement is the second most frequent systemic sclerosis (SSc) related
cause of death. It remains mostly asymptomatic in the early stage and is underdiagnosed …

Abstract Background Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterised by multi-organ tissue fibrosis
including the myocardium. Diffuse myocardial fibrosis can be detected non-invasively by T1 …

Background We evaluated the prevalence of myocardial involvement by native T1 and T2
mapping, the diagnostic performance of mapping in addition to conventional Lake Louise …

Background To determine morphological and functional cardiovascular magnetic resonance
(CMR) patterns in histopathologically confirmed myocardial involvement in patients with …

OBJECTIVES: Systemic sclerosis heart involvement (SHI) is one of systemic sclerosis (SSc)
most frequent complications, both in diffuse (dcSSc) and limited (lcSSc) cutaneous forms of …

Abstract Background Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by
microvascular abnormalities, inflammation and fibrosis. We hypothesized that myocarditis …

Cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is frequent and significantly affects the
prognosis. Myocardial fibrosis is the pathological hallmark and has been reported in> 50 …

Abstract Objectives Myocarditis in SSc is associated with a poor prognosis. Cardiac
magnetic resonance (CMR) is the non-invasive diagnostic modality of choice for SSc …

Abstract Aims Systemic sclerosis (SSc) may induce cardiac fibrosis and systo-diastolic
dysfunction. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) can detect replacement myocardial …

Cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc-CI) may be either primary or secondary to
pathologic processes in other organs. In contrast to other autoimmune rheumatic diseases …