Axial spondyloarthritis: the heart of the matter

Clin Rheumatol. 2015 Jun;34(6):995-8. doi: 10.1007/s10067-015-2959-1. Epub 2015 May 10.

Abstract

A variety of cardiovascular clinical manifestations have been described in patients with spondyloarthritis, especially in well-established ankylosing spondylitis. These include both structural heart disease, conduction defects and ischemic heart disease. The true prevalence of cardiovascular involvement in patients with axial spondyloarthritis, including non-radiographic disease needs to be further defined.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / epidemiology
  • Aortitis / epidemiology
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / epidemiology
  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / drug therapy
  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / epidemiology*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Heart Block / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Ischemia / epidemiology
  • Spondylarthropathies / drug therapy
  • Spondylarthropathies / epidemiology
  • Spondylitis, Ankylosing / drug therapy
  • Spondylitis, Ankylosing / epidemiology*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antirheumatic Agents