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(Circulation. 1997;95:2585.)
© 1997 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Cardiovascular Disease in Ankylosing (Marie-Strümpell) Spondylitis

Azam Ansari, MD; Barry J. Maron, MD

From the Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Section), Fairview Southdale Hospital, Edina, Minn, and the Cardiovascular Research Division, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minn.

Correspondence to Azam Ansari, 825 S 8th St, Suite 812, Minneapolis, MN 55404.

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An 85-year-old man presented for cardiac evaluation before urological surgery with a long history of intermittent stiffness and discomfort in the dorsal spine. An early diastolic murmur (grade II/VI) was heard along the left parasternal border. The sedimentation rate was 91 mm in the first hour. A, Posteroanterior chest x-ray shows mild cardiac enlargement with prominence of aortic knob and left ventricle. B, Lateral chest x-ray (focused) shows ossification and calcification of the anterior longitudinal ligament (long arrows); when bridging the adjacent vertebrae, the ligament imparted to the spine the classic "bamboo" appearance (short arrows). Squaring of the vertebral bodies and osteoporosis are also evident. C, ECG shows complete right bundle-branch block. D, Parasternal long-axis echocardiogram: "subaortic bump" represents fibrosis at the mitral-aortic junction (arrowhead); also evident is thickening of the walls of the aortic root and left septal endocardium (arrows). E, Parasternal short-axis echocardiogram shows thickened aortic root and valve cusps (AV). F, Color-flow Doppler demonstrates aortic regurgitation jet (ARJ) and disturbed blood flow in diastole (mosaic color) below aortic valve orifice (AO) extending into left ventricular cavity (LV). LA indicates left atrium.

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