Electrocardiographic changes in spondyloarthritis and use of anti-TNF-α drugs: a retrospective study with 100 patients.
Betânia LongoLuziel Andrei KirchnerJuliana SimioniAna Paula Beckhauser de CamposThelma Larocca SkarePublished in: Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2019)
Patients with spondyloarthritis had lower heart rate, longer QT interval and a higher prevalence of right bundle branch block compared to controls. HLA-B27 positivity was associated with the prevalence of right bundle branch block. Anti-TNF-α drugs had no impact on electrocardiographic findings.
Keyphrases
- heart rate
- rheumatoid arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- heart rate variability
- ankylosing spondylitis
- risk factors
- disease activity
- blood pressure
- ejection fraction
- left ventricular
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- drug induced
- heart failure
- left atrial
- atrial fibrillation
- patient reported outcomes
- systemic lupus erythematosus