• Elizabet Méndez Eirín, Yago Suárez Ouréns, and José Luis Guerra Vázquez.
• Servicio de Cardiología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, España. Electronic address: Elizabet.Mendez.Eirin@sergas.es.
• Med Clin (Barc). 2021 Jun 25; 156 (12): 615-621.

AbstractAutoimmune rheumatic diseases are inflammatory disorders that can involve multiple organs, including the heart. The high risk of cardiovascular pathology in these patients is not only due to traditional cardiovascular risk factors, but also to chronic inflammation and autoimmunity. All cardiac structures may be affected during the course of systemic autoimmune diseases (valves, the conduction system, the myocardium, endocardium and pericardium, and coronary arteries), and the cardiac complications have a variety of clinical manifestations. As these are all associated with an unfavourable prognosis, it is essential to detect subclinical cardiac involvement in asymptomatic systemic autoimmune disease patients and begin adequate management and treatment early. In this review, we examine the multiple cardiovascular manifestations in patients with rheumatological disorders and available management strategies.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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