Early Cardiac Valvular Changes in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Transesophageal Echocardiography Study

Abstract

Thickening of the aortic and mitral valve was observed without regurgitation in male AS patients early in the course of their disease without clinical cardiac manifestations. This subclinical change of aorto-mitral valve in early AS should be considered and followed up to determine its prognostic implication and evolution.