Systemic inflammatory diseases represent a large group of rare diseases that may involve
all organs and also the heart. The three layers of the heart can be affected and some …

Systemic inflammatory diseases (SIDs) are inflammatory syndromes with involvement of at
least two organ systems. Classical SIDs include vasculitis, connective tissue diseases, and …

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a common chronic autoimmune disorder causing injury to
many organ systems. Cardiac complications of lupus affect most parts of the heart. These …

Cardiovascular diseases are common in systemic rheumatologic diseases. They can be
presented at the time of diagnosis or after diagnosis. The cardiac involvements can be the …

Introduction: Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases have an increased risk of
developing cardiovascular manifestations. The high risk of cardiovascular pathology in …

Myocarditis is a recognized but underdiagnosed cause of cardiomyopathy due to its wide
clinical spectrum and nonspecific presentation. Accurate diagnosis is important because …

Inflammatory activation occurs in nearly all forms of myocardial injury. In contrast,
inflammatory cardiomyopathies refer to a diverse group of disorders in which inflammation of …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS),
rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AKS), and scleroderma are immune …

Introduction: Myocardial inflammation often coexists with different types of autoimmune
diseases. Our aim was to investigate the presence of myocarditis in these patients by …

Inflammatory cardiomyopathy is defined as inflammation of the heart muscle associated with
impaired function of the myocardium. In our region, its etiology is most often viral. Viral …