title: Autoimmune rheumatic diseases and the heart.
abstract: Involvement of the heart is a common finding in autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Although clinically silent changes are common, potentially life-threatening manifestations are well known but early recognition is important if appropriate therapy is to be instituted.
mesh_terms: D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications