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- Title
Cardiac involvement in primary Sjӧgren's syndrome.
- Authors
Qin, Li; Zhang, Yiwen; Yang, Xiaoqian; Luo, Qiang; Wang, Han
- Abstract
Primary Sjӧgren's syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune-mediated, inflammatory, and systemic connective tissue disease (CTD), especially in middle-aged women, which often involves multiple systems and organs of the body. In fact, the heart is an important target organ in patients with pSS. In recent years, it has been confirmed that the morbidity of cardiac involvement has increased in patients with pSS, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the main causes of death. The increased risk of CVD in pSS patients is associated with a great variety of risk factors, such as age, gender, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, disease duration, extra-glandular manifestations, therapeutic drugs of pSS, and so on. Early recognition and effective treatment of CVD may play a crucial role in improving adverse cardiovascular prognosis. Whereas cardiac involvement is closely related to patient prognosis and survival, the cardiac involvement of patients with pSS remains poorly studied. Therefore, this article reviews the cardiovascular risk factors, clinical manifestations of cardiac involvement, cardiovascular biomarkers, and therapeutic strategies of pSS patients.
- Subjects
CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; DYSLIPIDEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; MIDDLE-aged women; CONNECTIVE tissue diseases; SYMPTOMS; SYNDROMES
- Publication
Rheumatology International, 2022, Vol 42, Issue 2, p179
- ISSN
0172-8172
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s00296-021-04970-9