Objectives. RA is known to be associated with a high cardiovascular (CV) risk. Longitudinal
data suggest that RA disease course may have become milder over the past decades. Thus, …

Objectives To determine the causes of death and risk factors in systemic sclerosis (SSc).
Methods Between 2000 and 2011, we examined the death certificates of all French patients …

Objective. SSc is known as the most severe connective tissue disorder, and to be associated
with a high mortality risk. Some improvements in therapy for SSc have been achieved in …

Objectives : The aim of this research was to examine the effects of perindopril on cardiac
function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Background : Duchenne …

To the Editor: Lamin A/C gene mutations are associated with various disorders, 1 , 2 including
cardiac abnormalities characterized by atrial fibrillation, conduction-system disturbances, …

BACKGROUND: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), an X-linked disorder due to lack of
dystrophin, is associated with muscle weakness and myocardial dysfunction. Although …

Objective. To measure the prevalence of different types of pulmonary hypertension (PH) and
to identify patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) at highest risk in a multicenter European …

BACKGROUND: While there are convergent data suggesting that overall cardiovascular
mortality is increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the relative contributions of …

Objective To assess the prevalence of primary cardiac complications in a large population
of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), using recently developed echocardiographic …

Background— We hypothesized that high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) and its early
change are useful in distinguishing acute myocardial infarction (AMI) from acute cardiac …