Mattia Zampieri, Giacomo Emmi, Matteo Beltrami, Carlo Fumagalli, Maria Letizia Urban, Lorenzo-Lupo Dei, Alberto Marchi, Martina Berteotti, Alessia Tomberli, Katia Baldini, Alessandra Bettiol, Silvia Pradella, Elena Silvestri, Niccolò Marchionni, Augusto Vaglio, Iacopo Olivotto, Domenico Prisco
BACKGROUND: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare systemic vasculitis. Cardiac specific involvement (CSI) is caused by coronary artery vasculitis, but also by myocardial eosinophilic infiltration. To date, the prevalence of CSI associated with EGPA is unresolved. Aim of this study was to systematically assess the prevalence and clinical impact of CSI in a consecutive outpatient EGPA population. METHODS: Between October 2018 and July 2019, we prospectively enrolled 52 consecutive EGPA patients...
March 2021: European Journal of Internal Medicine