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[Degenerative valvular and left ventricle structural changes in echocardiography in patients with rheumatoid
Grzegorz Kamiński1, Karol Makowski, Mirosław Dziuk
1Wojskowy Instytut Medyczny, Klinika Endokrynologii i Terapii Izotopowej CSK MON w Warszawie. gkam@wim.mil.pl
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The disproportion between absence of clinical manifestations of circulatory system involvement and serious lesions in the heart found on post mortem examinations, more frequently diagnosed congestive circulatory failure and also higher mortality rate of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), encouraged the authors to study the subject.
The Aim Of The Study:
Echocardiographic assessment of the effect of rheumatoid process on the heart in patients with RA without clinically overt features of heart disease.
Material And Methods:
The study was conducted in 50 patients with RA diagnosed on the basis of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria and in 50 persons matched with the patients with respect to age, gender, body area and body mass index, heart rate and arterial pressure. Persons with manifestations and/or history of cardiovascular diseases were excluded from the study.
Results And Conclusion:
The authors found that: in rheumatoid arthritis, the involvement of the heart by the pathological process is manifested as degenerative changes of valve leaflets, and these lesions correlate with interventricular septum thickness and the mass and mass index of the left ventricle.
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