Ara J, Vivancos J, Soler-Carrillo J, Paré J C, Cervera R, Font J
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clínic, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Clin Rheumatol. 1998;17(6):531-3. doi: 10.1007/BF01451294.
We report the case of a 45 year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), who developed clinical and echocardiographic signs of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Neither a family history of cardiomyopathy or sudden death nor a personal history of hypertension or valvular lesions were present. The association of SLE with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has been previously described in only 2 patients.