Cardiac abnormalities in mixed connective tissue disease

Sixteen patients with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) were studied using noninvasive cardiovascular techniques. Cardiovascular abnormalities including pericarditis, asymmetric septal hypertrophy, and LV dilatation were found in 38 percent of the study group. Borderline ECG and echocardiograph...

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Published inChest Vol. 83; no. 2; p. 185
Main Authors Oetgen, W J, Mutter, M L, Lawless, O J, Davia, J E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.1983
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Female
Heart Diseases - complications
Heart Diseases - diagnosis
Humans
Male
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease - complications
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Summary:Sixteen patients with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) were studied using noninvasive cardiovascular techniques. Cardiovascular abnormalities including pericarditis, asymmetric septal hypertrophy, and LV dilatation were found in 38 percent of the study group. Borderline ECG and echocardiographic abnormalities were present in 31 percent of the study group, and the remaining 31 percent were normal by all study techniques. MCTD patients have a high prevalence of cardiovascular abnormalities when studied noninvasively. The most common clinical abnormality is a steroid-responsive pericarditis, present in 25 percent of our series.
ISSN:0012-3692
DOI:10.1378/chest.83.2.185