Should AS/SpA pts have ECHO for AI/AR? I say YES; Swedish study of 6448 AS pts shows 2 fold higher risk AI https://t.co/lchlsGXAJi. Another ECHO study 187 AS pts shows an incr prevalence (18%) of AI murmur esp w/ longstanding disease or age >50 (>50%) https://t.co/Np21FwCbBP
Links:
Risk of cardiac rhythm disturbances and aortic regurgitation in different spond…
http://bit.ly/2r5wGji
Aortic Regurgitation Is Common in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Time for Routine Echo…
http://bit.ly/2Eu8I4q
Dec-17-2019
