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Coronary Artery Vasculitis and Atherosclerosis in Giant Cell Arteritis

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Increased incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) has been observed in several chronic vasculitic and inflammatory syndromes. Inflammatory affection of the coronary arteries may present a life-threatening condition and the underlying reason for CAD in all age groups. On the other hand, underlying vasculitis may enhance atherogenesis and the development of atherothrombosis. In our group of 23 patients (15 females and 8 males) with the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis four patients developed myocardial infarction, 2 patients suffered stroke and 1 patient both myocardial infarction and stroke.

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  1. 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Viera Štvrtinová M.D., Ph.D.

  2. National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases, Piešťany, Slovakia

    Jozef Rovenský M.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.P. & Alena Tuchyňová

  3. Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Jozef Rovenský M.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.P.

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  1. Department of Rheumatology, National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases, Piešťany, Slovakia

    Jozef Rovenský

  2. 2nd Department of Medicine, State Hospital of Stockerau, Stockerau, Austria

    Burkhard Leeb

  3. 2nd Internal Clinic Medical Faculty, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Viera Štvrtinová

  4. Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Richard Imrich

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Štvrtinová, V., Rovenský, J., Tuchyňová, A. (2017). Coronary Artery Vasculitis and Atherosclerosis in Giant Cell Arteritis. In: Rovenský, J., Leeb, B., Štvrtinová, V., Imrich, R. (eds) Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52222-7_4

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