A 60-year-old woman with systemic sclerosis, systemic hypertension, and chronic renal failure, presented with clinical manifestations of heart failure. An echocardiogram showed a mildly dilated left ventricle and global hypokinesis. A six-month treatment including reduced sodium intake, furosemide, and nifedipine did not change the clinical and instrumental findings. Casually, vitamin E (600 mg daily) was added. After 6 months, clinical manifestations of heart failure were disappeared and the echocardiogram showed a normally-sized left ventricle with normal wall motion.
Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). A case of recovery of cardiomyopathy after vitamin E treatment / Morelli, Sergio; Sgreccia, Alessandro; Bernardo, Ml; A., Gurgo Di Castelmenardo; A. C., Petrilli; R., De Leva; F., Nuccio; Calvieri, Stefano. - In: MINERVA CARDIOANGIOLOGICA. - ISSN 0026-4725. - 49:2(2001), pp. 127-130.
Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). A case of recovery of cardiomyopathy after vitamin E treatment.
MORELLI, Sergio;SGRECCIA, Alessandro;CALVIERI, Stefano
2001
Abstract
A 60-year-old woman with systemic sclerosis, systemic hypertension, and chronic renal failure, presented with clinical manifestations of heart failure. An echocardiogram showed a mildly dilated left ventricle and global hypokinesis. A six-month treatment including reduced sodium intake, furosemide, and nifedipine did not change the clinical and instrumental findings. Casually, vitamin E (600 mg daily) was added. After 6 months, clinical manifestations of heart failure were disappeared and the echocardiogram showed a normally-sized left ventricle with normal wall motion.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
