Cardiac involvement is common in primary systemic vasculitides and may be due to direct
effect of the disease on the heart or due to therapy. We shall review involvement of the heart …

Heart involvement in primary systemic vasculitides is important to recognize, because it has
been linked to increased mortality and requires prompt diagnosis and treatment. Almost all …

The present review summarizes the burden, risk factors, biomarkers of and therapeutic
consideration for cardiovascular disease in systemic vasculitis. Ischemic heart disease (IHD) …

The primary systemic vasculitides are a group of autoimmune conditions characterised by
occlusion, stenosis or aneurysmal dilatation of blood vessels secondary to intra-mural …

Most small and medium vessel vasculitides may involve the heart; however, the mode and
incidence of cardiac involvement vary with the different vasculitic syndromes. This review …

Abstract Purpose of Review Vasculitis can cause heart disease and are associated with
premature atherosclerosis, causing increased morbidity and mortality. Consequently, it is …

Background To investigate the prevalence and prognostic relevance of cardiac involvement
in an ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) population of eosinophilic granulomatosis with …

Behçet disease (BD) is a chronic multisystem inflammatory vasculitis affecting mainly young
adults and is characterized by a remitting-relapsing course. In North America, the …

Cardiac vasculitis is recognized as a heterogeneous disease process with a wide spectrum
of manifestations including pericarditis, myocarditis, valvular heart disease and less …

Behçet's disease is a chronic relapsing systemic vasculitis that can involve almost every
organ and systems in the body with extremely different diverse manifestations …