We detected that myocardial perfusion is preserved in the patients with AS. However, left ventricular wall motion abnormalities are seen. We concluded that ankylosing spondylitis may be associated with microvascular dysfunction and gated myocardial perfusion scintigraphy could be valuable in AS patients for the evaluation of LV function even if the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) score are low and the disease duration shorter.
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- chronic kidney disease
- ankylosing spondylitis
- end stage renal disease
- disease activity
- left ventricular
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- heart failure
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- aortic stenosis
- acute myocardial infarction
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- pet ct
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- left atrial
- peritoneal dialysis
- oxidative stress
- prognostic factors
- atrial fibrillation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- high speed
- percutaneous coronary intervention