Monika Gawałko, Paweł Balsam, Piotr Lodziński, Marcin Grabowski, Bartosz Krzowski, Grzegorz Opolski, Jędrzej Kosiuk
Autoimmune diseases (ADs) affect approximately 10% of the world's population. Because ADs are frequently systemic disorders, cardiac involvement is common. In this review we focus on typical arrhythmias and their pathogenesis, arrhythmia-associated mortality, and possible treatment options among selected ADs (sarcoidosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, type 1 diabetes, Graves' disease, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis [AS], psoriasis, celiac disease [CD], and inflammatory bowel disease [IBD])...
April 24, 2020: Circulation Journal: Official Journal of the Japanese Circulation Society