Vol.20 No.3

Rapid Communication

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a preliminary report

Authors

Hitomi Kobayashi1 , Jon T. Giles2 , Yoshiyuki Arinuma3 , Isamu Yokoe1 , Masaharu Hirano4 , Yasuyuki Kobayashi5

  • Division of Rheumatology, Itabashi Chuo Medical Center, 2-12-7 Azusawa, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 174-0051, Japan
  • Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Mason F. Lord Building-Center Tower, Suite 4100, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
  • Division of Rheumatology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8606, Japan
  • Division of Cardiology, Tokyo Medical University, 6-6-6 Nishi-Shinjyuku, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan
  • Department of Radiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki Kanagawa, 216-8511, Japan
Received:

14 September 2009

Accepted:

7 December 2009

Published online:

27 January 2010

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Key words

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging - Pharmacological stress perfusion - Delayed enhancement - Asymptomatic patients - Systemic lupus erythematosus