Myocardial involvement in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: a multi-center cross-sectional study in the CRDC-MYO Registry

• Published in: Clinical rheumatology Vol. 40; no. 11; pp. 4597 - 4608
• Main Authors: Zhang, Lixi, Zhu, Huiyi, Yang, Pinting, Duan, Xinwang, Wei, Wei, Wu, Zhenbiao, Fang, Yongfei, Li, Qin, Liu, Shengyun, Shi, Xiaofei, Li, Hongbin, Wu, Chanyuan, Zhou, Shuang, Leng, Xiaomei, Zhao, Jiuliang, Xu, Dong, Wu, Qingjun, Tian, Xinping, Li, Mengtao, Zhao, Yan, Wang, Qian, Zeng, Xiaofeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.11.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Antibodies; C-reactive protein; Cardiac arrhythmia; Congestive heart failure; Creatine; Creatine kinase; Cross-sectional studies; Dermatomyositis; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Hypertension; Inflammation; Kinases; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mitochondria; Myositis; Original Article; Patients; Polymyositis; Pulmonary hypertension; Rheumatology; Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies; Anti-mitochondrial antibody; Myocardial involvement

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the associated factors of myocardial involvements (MIs) in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs). Methods In this multi-center cross-sectional study, 1946 patients with IIMs were enrolled from Chinese Rheumatism Data Center-Myositis Regist...