Characteristics | Female | Male |
---|---|---|
SSc related | ||
Cardiac | ||
Cardiac dysrythmia | 1 | 1 |
Tamponade | 1 | 0 |
Respiratory | ||
Respiratory failure | 3 | 2 |
Pulmonary hypertension | 34 | 9 |
Interstitial lung disease | 6 | 4 |
GI | ||
Bowel infarction | 1 | 0 |
Bowel obstruction/perforation | 2 | 0 |
Pseudomembranous colitis | 1 | 0 |
Malnutrition | — | 1 |
Upper GI bleed | 1 | 0 |
Renal failure | 16 | 5 |
SSc attributed* | 2 | 1 |
SSc unrelated | ||
Cancer | 19 | 6 |
Cardiac | ||
Congestive heart failure | 3 | 0 |
Heart failure, cardiomyopathy | 2 | 0 |
Heart failure, nonspecific | 13 | 2 |
Myocardial infarction | 7 | 1 |
Cardiac arrest | 4 | 1 |
Infection | ||
Pneumonia | 10 | 2 |
Sepsis | 4 | — |
Thromboembolic | ||
Portal vein thrombosis | 0 | 1 |
Pulmonary emboli | 0 | 0 |
Other | ||
Hemorrhagic stroke | 1 | 0 |
Intraabdominal hemorrhage | 1 | 0 |
Intracranial bleed | 1 | 0 |
Ischemic stroke | 1 | 2 |
Sudden death | 1 | 1 |
Suicide | 3 | 0 |
↵* Cause of death attributed to SSc, but not further specified. SSc: systemic sclerosis; GI: gastrointestinal.