Abstracts tagged "cardiovascular disease and extraarticular manifestations"

Abstract Number: 2550 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Impaired Speckle Tracking As a Marker of Subclinical Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients Affected By Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Fabiola Atzeni¹, Stefano Galaverna², Chiara Colombo², Luigi Gianturco², Laura Boccassini¹, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini¹ and Maurizio Turiel², ¹Rheumatology Unit, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy, ²Cardiology Unit, IRCCS-Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute,, Milan, Italy
Background/Purpose Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a common chronic autoimmune disease that particularly affects the salivary and lachrymal glands, and leads to dry eyes and…