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SUBMITTER: Toufan M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5304103 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Toufan Mehrnoush M Pourafkari Leili L Nader Nader D ND
Journal of cardiovascular and thoracic research 20161230 4
A 58 years old male with a long-standing history of HLA-B27 positive ankylosing spondylitis presented with increasing fatigue and dyspnea on exertion. He had left ventricular dysfunction and enlargement, flail right coronary leaflet of aortic valve with severe eccentric aortic insufficiency along with left ventricular non-compaction in echocardiography. The most common cardiac manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis are aortic insufficiency and conduction disturbances. Involvement of myocardium ...[more]