Clinical and Histopathological Features of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Undergoing Endomyocardial Biopsy

Abstract

Cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with a variable phenotype including heart failure, arrhythmias and pulmonary hypertension. The aim of the present study was to evaluate clinical characteristics, histopathological findings and outcome of patients with SSc and a clinical phenotype suggesting cardiac involvement.