Targeted therapies in connective tissue diseases (CTDs) have led to improvements of
disease-associated outcomes, but life expectancy remains lower compared to general population …

Background Exertional chest pain/dyspnea or chest pain at rest are the main symptoms of
coronary artery disease (CAD), which are traditionally attributed to insufficiency of the …

Inflammation, microvascular and macrovascular ischemia, valvular disease, and fibrosis are
the main causes of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs…

Objectives: To apply magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the assessment of myocardial
iron deposition in patients with β‐thalassemia and compare the results with cardiac biopsy …

Dystrophinopathies include Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), Becker muscular dystrophy
(BMD), X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy (XLCM), and facioscapulohumeral muscular …

OBJECTIVES.: This study investigated whether combining exercise with adenosine would
reduce the adverse effects of adenosine vasodilation. BACKGROUND.: Adenosine …

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by vascular dysfunction
and excessive fibrosis, involving internal organs including the heart. The estimated …

Background: Acute cardiac events are a significant contributor to mortality in systemic
sclerosis (SSc). However, echocardiographic evaluation may be deceptively normal during an …

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) recently reported in a minority of
children affected by SARS-CoV-2, mimics Kawasaki disease (KD), a medium vessel vasculitis …

Background: Myopericardial inflammation, perfusion’s defects and fibrosis are major causes
of cardiac disease in scleroderma (SSc). We hypothesized that using inflammation and …