title: [Heart affection in patients with ankylosing spondiloarthritis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study features of heart disease in patients with alkylosing spondyloarthritis (ASA).
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined 56 ASA patients. Most of the examinees had spinal problems, moderate activity, x-ray sacroileitis stage III.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pulmonary hypertension was detected in 60.7%, right ventricular (RV) hypertrophy--in 37.5%, RV dilation--in 30.4% patients. Interventricular septum, left ventricular posterior wall were thickened (p < 0.05). Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction was registered in 18.2% ASA patients. The changes correlated with the disease duration, spinal lesion, especially of thoracic part.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pulmonary hypertension is a frequent finding in ASA patients. Echocardiography (ECG) is highly informative in detection of pulmonary hypertension and right heart disorders in ASA patients. ECG is a screening method in diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in ASA patients.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Karoli
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Rebrov
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Novikova
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Luk'ianova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications*; D014463:Ultrasonography