Increased Risk of Valvular Heart Disease in Systemic Sclerosis: An Underrecognized Cardiac Complication.

CONCLUSION: SSc patients have a 4-fold increase in the prevalence of moderate/severe VHD at diagnosis compared to non-SSc patients. They also have a 4-fold increased risk of developing moderate/severe VHD after diagnosis of SSc. Aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation have a much higher prevalence in SSc patients, besides secondary tricuspid regurgitation. Underlying mechanisms for this association require further elucidation. PMID: 33452164 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Rheumatology - January 17, 2021 Category: Rheumatology Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research