[Subaortic stenosis in ankylosing spondylitis: a new hypothesis of cardiac involvement].
Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory rheumatism with associated heart involvement, fundamentally circumscribed to the aortic root area. Of these anomalies, the fibrous proliferation of the supra and sub-valvular tissue appears to be pathognomonic. We present two cases of ankylosing spondylitis studied by means of bidimensional echocardiography. The study showed a fixed sub-aortic stenosis, without alterations of the mitral or aortic valves. In our opinion, the aortic subvalvular membrane, could constitute the initial alteration of the valvular affection of ankylosing spondylitis.
García-Fernández
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Pavón Freire
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Vezga
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Benito
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González
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Maqueda
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Gijón Baños
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de Villalobos
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D000328:Adult; D001020:Aortic Stenosis, Subvalvular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications*
La estenosis subaórtica en la espondilitis anquilosante: una nueva hipótesis de la afectación cardíaca.