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The relationship between disease-related characteristics and conduction disturbances in ankylosing spondylitis
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology , 10/01/09

Dik VK et al. – Intraventricular CD is highly prevalent in AS, particularly in patients with long-standing disease. Further research is needed to determine whether intraventricular CD contribute to the increased CV risk and long-term CV mortality in AS.

• 131 consecutive AS patients
• Rheumatological evaluation assessing demographic and AS-related characteristics
• Resting standard 12-lead ECG performed

• First-degree AV block was found in six (4.6%) patients
• One (0.8%) patient suffered complete right bundle branch block (RBBB) and 1 (0.8%) patient had a left anterior hemiblock
• pQRS interval observed in 38 (29.2%) patients, including those with complete or incomplete BBB
• Age, disease duration, and BMI significantly associated with PR interval, and male gender, disease duration, and the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI) with the QRS interval
• In multivariate analyses, disease duration remained independently associated with both the PR and the QRS intervals

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