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What is your approach to screening for cardiac involvement in patients with myositis and how does the finding of cardiac involvement change your management?

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Rheumatology · Johns Hopkins Myositis Center
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Cardiac involvement in IIM can often be overlooked but reportedly occurs at a high rate (~up to 75%) in a subclinical fashion. This can run the gamut of myocarditis, arrhythmias, conduction defects, cardiomyopathy, heart failure, and atherosclerotic disease. Screening for this often starts with an E...

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