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European Heart Journal 1984 5(5):419-422;
Copyright © 1984 by the European Society of Cardiology.
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© 1984 The European Society of Cardiology

Left ventricular function in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and Reiter's disease

P. RIBEIRO, K.D. MORLEY, L.M. SHAPIRO, R.A.F. GARNETT*, G.R.V. HUGHES and J.F. GOODWIN

Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Rheumatology Unit, Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital Du Cane Road, London W12 OHS
*Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital Woolwich, London, U.K.

Received 26 July 1983; revised 20 November 1983; .

Address for Correspondence Prof J. F. Goodwin, Professor of Clinical Cardiology, The Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 OHS

Abstract

We have studied left ventricular function by non-invasive methods in 28 patients with ankylosing spondylitis and 14 with Reiter's disease and compared them with 42 normal subjects. A dilated and poorly contracting left ventricle with abnormal systolic time intervals were found in five (18%) of those with ankylosing spondylitis and two (14%) with Reiter's disease. Our results suggest that the high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in these diseases may be due to abnormality of the myocardium in the absence of valve disease.

Key Words: Ankylosing spondylitis • Reiter's disease • left ventricular function non-invasive methods


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