Left ventricular function in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and Reiter's disease
- 1 May 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Heart Journal
- Vol. 5 (5) , 419-422
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a061676
Abstract
We have studied left ventricular function by non-invasive methods in 28 patients with ankylosing spondylitis and 14 with Reiter's disease and compared them with 42 normal subjects. A dilated and poorly contracting left ventricle with abnormal systolic time intervals were found in five (18%) of those with ankylosing spondylitis and two (14%) with Reiter's disease. Our results suggest that the high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in these diseases may be due to abnormality of the myocardium in the absence of valve disease.Keywords
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