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Among 110 patients with dermatomyositis cardiovascular pathology was found in 77, and only in 37 of them it was attributable to the underlying pathology. In all of these patients myocardial lesions were found, that manifested themselves most frequently by non-specific ECG changes. Cardiac insufficiency and arrhythmias were revealed less frequently, mainly during exacerbations of the pathological process. Only in one patient endocarditis was diagnosed, and in two others elements of chronic cor pulmonale due to pneumonitis. In 18 patients signs of moderate myocardial dystrophy developed after a long-term therapy with corticosteroid hormones. A study of the central haemodynamics in 20 patients with dermatomyositis revealed a tendency towards a hyperkinetic state of the circulation in those patients who had the most sereve muscle syndrome. Angioscopy of the bulbar conjunctiva revealed the changes that persisted even during the remission period, achieved by means of active steroid therapy.
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PMID:[Cardiovascular pathology in dermatomyositis]. 115 33

In this article, a case of group B streptococcal endocarditis in a diabetic patient, taking immunosuppressive therapy because of dermatomyositis is reported.
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PMID:[Group B streptococcal endocarditis]. 228 94

In this review, the cardiac lesions which develop in association with the various collagen-vascular diseases are described. In rheumatoid arthritis, the most frequent lesions are: fibrous obliterative pericarditis, with pericardial deposits of calcium, fibrin, cholesterol, and rheumatoid granulomas; granulomatous or nonspecific myocarditis; valvulitis, vasculitis, and amyloid deposits. In ankylosing spondylitis, the lesions involve mainly the valves (aortic and mitral valves) and the aorta. In systemic lupus erythematosus, the predominant cardiovascular lesions are: pericarditis, Libman-Sacks endocarditis, nonspecific myocarditis, vasculitis with fibrinoid necrosis, and acceleration of atherosclerosis. In scleroderma, the main cardiac lesion is fibrosis with only scanty inflammatory cells; pericarditis and nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis also occur. In dermatomyositis/polymyositis, fibrous or fibrinous pericarditis can occur, as well as myocarditis with infiltrates of lymphocytes and plasma cells and with degeneration and necrosis of myocytes; valvulitis is uncommon except when the disease is related to mucinous adenocarcinoma. In polyarteritis nodosa, various stages of necrotizing vasculitis involve all layers of the arterial walls; foci of myocardial necrosis of various sizes can occur in association with these lesions; cardiac hypertrophy related to hypertension and pericarditis related to uremia, may also be found. In Wegener's granulomatosis, pericarditis, inflammatory infiltrates, necrotizing granulomas, and vasculitis have been observed in the heart.
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PMID:Cardiovascular lesions in collagen-vascular diseases. 391 76

Many rheumatic diseases show changes and are visible in the hands. The pattern of distribution in the relevant joints, soft-tissue changes, skin manifestations, neurological and vascular symptoms and clinical findings provide fundamental information. Imaging and lab results provide diagnostic support. In this review, common diseases are presented in terms of their clinical expressions in the hands: osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, systemic sclerosis, dermatomyositis/polymyositis and systemic lupus erythematosus. Furthermore, we discuss pathological findings of the hands as a result of diabetic cheiroarthropathia, endocarditis, secondary hypertrophic osteo-arthropathy and chronic regional pain syndrom.
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PMID:[The rheumatic hand - diagnostics in practice]. 2193 98