Novel imaging modalities in detection of cardiovascular involvement in ankylosing spondylitis.
Demet Özkaramanlı GürDerya Necmiye OzaltunSavas GuzelAyşe Banu SarıfakıoğluAydin AkyüzŞeref AlpsoyOzge AycicekDerya BaykizPublished in: Scandinavian cardiovascular journal : SCJ (2019)
This study demonstrates that functional impairment in AS occurs early in the disease course and strain imaging is an effective tool in discriminating involvement. sST2 may represent the link between inflammation and fibrosis in AS.