Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in RA subjects in whom the average lifespan is reduced by 8-15 years compared to matched controls. It is a rare disease of unknown aetiology and can have serious systemic and musculoskeletal sequelae. Francesco Trotta Received: 22 September 2008 / Accepted: 20 November 2008 / Published online: 2 December 2008 Springer-Verlag 2008 Abstract Adult-onset Still disease (AOSD) is a rare may … google_ad_width = 160; Myocarditis in association with cardiac dysfunction is classified as inflammatory cardiomyopathy usually caused by infection, autoimmune diseases, or responses to toxic substances. Ann Rheum Dis 2000;59:493. google_ad_height = 600; Myocarditis can affect your heart muscle and your heart's electrical system, reducing your heart's ability to pump and causing rapid or abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias).A viral infection usually causes myocarditis, but it can result from a reaction to a drug or be part of a more general inflammatory condition. //-->. 2018; 38(1): 37, © 2008 Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology | Published by Wolters Kluwer -. All his serological investigations and imaging studies were unremarkable. PopUp = window.open( location,'RightsLink','location=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=650,height=550'); }, Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None,