Systemic Diseases and Heart Block.
Rheum Dis Clin North Am
; 50(3): 381-408, 2024 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
Systemic diseases can cause heart block owing to the involvement of the myocardium and thereby the conduction system. Younger patients (<60) with heart block should be evaluated for an underlying systemic disease. These disorders are classified into infiltrative, rheumatologic, endocrine, and hereditary neuromuscular degenerative diseases. Cardiac amyloidosis owing to amyloid fibrils and cardiac sarcoidosis owing to noncaseating granulomas can infiltrate the conduction system leading to heart block. Accelerated atherosclerosis, vasculitis, myocarditis, and interstitial inflammation contribute to heart block in rheumatologic disorders. Myotonic, Becker, and Duchenne muscular dystrophies are neuromuscular diseases involving the myocardium skeletal muscles and can cause heart block.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Bloqueio Cardíaco
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rheum Dis Clin North Am
Assunto da revista:
REUMATOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos