Subclinical cardiac disease in ankylosing spondylitis.
Selin ÖzenAnil OzenErtekin U UnalOmac TufekciogluSebnem AtamanAyse P YalcinPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2018)
Subclinical cardiac dysfunction occurs in AS patients despite well controlled musculoskeletal disease. Aortic stiffness and LVGLS increases in AS patients. Anti-TNF biological agents may somewhat protect arterial compliance. We believe that all AS patients should be investigated for cardiac dysfunction and followed up accordingly.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- ankylosing spondylitis
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- left ventricular
- prognostic factors
- rheumatoid arthritis
- peritoneal dialysis
- heart failure
- oxidative stress
- mass spectrometry
- aortic valve
- high resolution
- pulmonary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- disease activity