title: [Heart involvement in mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)].
abstract: The incidence of cardial involvement in mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) was investigated by two-dimensional echocardiography. Pericardial manifestation was found in two patients. Mitral valve prolapse was detected in 61% of the patients, which may indicate a specific cardial involvement in MCTD. Myocardial changes were rare.
authors.affiliation: II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gräf
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Erbel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zotz
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Weilemann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008947:Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
vernacular_title: Herzbeteiligung bei mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD).