Clinical Advances in Cardio-Rheumatology
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 36
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Interests: clinical cardiology; autoimmune diseases; non-ischemic cardiomyopathy; cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR)
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Dear Colleagues,
Autoimmune diseases (ADs) affect almost one in ten people, and this number is increasing over time for individual diseases. A recent study in the UK found that ADs were commonly mutually associated. Although there has recently been significant progress in the treatment of the systemic manifestations of ADs, patients with ADs still present an increased risk of CVD. An increased risk of CVD in ADs is seen for every individual CVD and increases progressively with the number of ADs present and with younger patients’ age. Systemic sclerosis, Addison’s disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, and type 1 diabetes present the highest CVD risk.
Cardiac imaging and specific new echocardiographic techniques, i.e., positron emission tomography (PET) and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), have proven to be of great value for better risk stratification and treatment evaluation in autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs). Recently, we published a position paper on the role of the evaluation of ARDs and the “show keeps going” approach across special Cardio-Rheumatology departments in both Europe and the USA. This Special Issue of JCM will be dedicated to ARDs and will support the creation of the subspecialty of Cardio-Rheumatology through showcasing publications on the evaluation and treatment of CVD in ARDs.
Taking into consideration the atypical clinical presentation and the high mortality rate of CVD in ARDs, we are launching this Special Issue in order to contribute to better CVD risk assessment and treatment evaluation and promote new ideas for future research. Furthermore, we hope that this Special Issue will motivate the scientific community to establish multicenter studies on CVD in ARDs and promote the establishment of the subspecialty of Cardio-Rheumatology internationally.
Dr. Sophie I. Mavrogeni
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cardio-rheumatology
- autoimmune diseases
- cardiac imaging
- cardiovascular disease
- autoimmune rheumatic diseases
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