The Heart in Wegener’s Granulomatosis
| Autor: | Konstantinos Siogas, Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, Dimitrios Papaioannides |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Heart Diseases Coronary Disease Diagnosis Differential Heart Conduction System Internal medicine Necrotizing Vasculitis medicine Humans Pericardium Endocarditis Pharmacology (medical) Myocardial infarction Endocardium business.industry Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Great vessels Echocardiography cardiovascular system Cardiology Electrical conduction system of the heart Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Vasculitis |
| Zdroj: | Cardiology. 102:7-10 |
| ISSN: | 1421-9751 0008-6312 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000076995 |
| Popis: | Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG) is a necrotizing vasculitis that mainly affects the respiratory tract and kidneys. Of note, involvement of the heart is being increasingly recognized in these patients. Cardiac manifestations can arise from the coronary arteries, pericardium, myocardium, endocardium, valves, conduction system and great vessels, but in most cases cardiac involvement is clinically silent. Consequently, a regular cardiovascular evaluation, including echocardiography, should be performed in every patient with WG, while patients with WG flare should be closely monitored for cardiac complications even in the absence of specific symptoms. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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