Insuficiência Cardíaca Secundária a Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico Heart Failure Secondary to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multifactorial systemic disease of unknown etiology. It is associated with several cardiovascular manifestations, such as accelerated atherosclerosis, pericarditis, myocarditis, valvulopathies and Libman-Sacks endocarditis, among others, contributing to patient morbidity and mortality. It thus follows that this collagenosis should be recalled as a cause of cardiomyopathy.