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Salivary Gland Focus Score Is Associated With Myocardial Fibrosis in Primary Sjögren Syndrome Assessed by a Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Approach.

Atsuma NishiwakiHitomi KobayashiNatsumi IkumiYasuyuki KobayashiIsamu YokoeKaita SugiyamaYoshihiro MatsukawaMasami TakeiNoboru Kitamura
Published in: The Journal of rheumatology (2020)
Subclinical myocardial fibrosis, as detected by cMRI, was frequent in patients with pSS without cardiac symptoms. Abnormal cMRI findings were associated with salivary gland FS ≥ 3.
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