NPPB and systemic sclerosis: This is in contrast with the previous understanding that myocarditis in SSc should bear a poor prognosis.[10,19] However, this could not be the case, since all of our patients were considered to have mild myocarditis, most of whom had been in NYHA FC II, had exhibited normal or mildly elevated hs-cTnT levels, and all had shown preserved LVEF and normal NT-proBNP levels at baseline.