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 KitamuraPublished 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.