Cardiac involvement in the adult primary vasculitides.

Cardiac involvement in the adult primary vasculitides.
Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2020 Sep 21;:
Authors: Pazzola G, Pipitone N, Salvarani C
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Heart involvement in vasculitis is rare, but potentially severe. The ascertainment of cardiac disease in vasculitis is complex and requires an integrated multidisciplinary approach involving the Rheumatologist, Radiologist, Cardiologist and Heart surgeon.
AREAS COVERED: the authors searched PubMed using the key words "heart"[Mesh] and vasculitis"[Mesh].
EXPERT OPINION: Virtually any vasculitis can affect the heart, but cardiac involvement is more common in some vasculitides such as Takayasu arteritis, polyarteritis nodosa and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Immunosuppressive treatment and when indicated surgery can improve the prognosis.
PMID: 32954889 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Expert Review of Clinical Immunology - September 23, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Expert Rev Clin Immunol Source Type: research