title: [Clinical characteristics of Behcet's disease with cardiac involvement - an analysis of forty-two cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the clinical characteristics of Behcet's disease with cardiac involvement.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients diagnosed as Behcet's disease with cardiac involvement in Peking Union Medical College Hospital from 1990 to 2006 were included in this analysis. The clinical characteristics of these patients were studied retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-two patients were included. Cardiac involvement included valvular disease, angina, pericardial effusion, arrhythmia, intracardiac thrombus and pulmonary artery hypertension. The effect of valve replacement or intervention treatment was related to the activity of Behcet's disease. The involvement of pulmonary artery was an independent correlative factor of mortality (P = 0.03).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The manifestation of cardiac involvement in Behcet's disease is various. If needed, valve replacement operation and intervention treatment should be performed when the Behcet's disease is stable. The involvement of pulmonary artery is an independent correlative factor of mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China. ataiever@163.com
authors.forename: Yong-tai
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhuang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Li-gang
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Xiao-feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies