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|Articles|July 11, 2018
Patients Take Ankylosing Spondylitis to Heart
Be vigilant for cardiovascular risk factors in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, advise Norwegian researchers.
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Reference1. Midtbø H, Gerdts E, Berg IJ, et al. Ankylosing spondylitis is associated with increased prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy. J Rheumatol. 2018 Jun 1. pii: jrheum.171124. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.171124. [Epub ahead of print].
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