Clinical studyAnkylosing spondylitis: An important cause of severe disturbances of the cardiac conduction system: Prevalence among 223 pacemaker-treated men☆
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2019, International Journal of CardiologyCitation Excerpt :Valvular diseases, especially aortic regurgitation and mitral regurgitation, are considered common cardiac manifestations, and their prevalence is reported to be 5–10% and 20–30%, respectively [3–6]. The prevalence of conduction abnormalities, such as atrioventricular block, varies among studies and ranges from 5 to 30%, but the prognosis and severity of conduction abnormalities in AS patients are much worse [5,7–9]. A recent study reported an increased risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke in AS patients [10].
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2017, Handbook of Systemic Autoimmune DiseasesCitation Excerpt :A population of 223 men who had permanently implanted pacemakers was screened. Sacroiliitis was found in 19 (8.5%), 15 (6.7%) of whom fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for AS (Bergfeldt et al., 1982b). Similarly, 35 men with permanent pacemaker without alternative causes for conduction disturbances were studied.
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2013, International Journal of CardiologyCitation Excerpt :The cardiac involvement in AS including aortitis causing aortic regurgitation, myocarditis causing conduction disturbances, myocardial fibrosis causing abnormalities of left ventricular relaxation and pericarditis [3]. Conduction system abnormalities in these patients usually precede the aortic root disease [14,15]. The involvement in cardiac autonomic nervous system in AS was less established in the literature.
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This study was supported by grants from the Seraphimer Foundation and the Swedish Association against Heart and Chest Diseases.
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From the Department of Internal Medicine, Karolinska Institute at the Seraphimer Hospital and Huddinge University Hospital, and the Department of Roentgenology, Karolinska Institute at the Seraphimer Hospital, and Danderyd's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.