Cardiovascular diseases in spondyloarthritis (literature review)

Spondyloarthritis is a group of diseases involving the axial skeleton and sacroiliac joints, including axial spondyloarthritis or ankylosing spondylitis and peripheral spondyloarthritis. Spondyloarthritis is associated with an increase in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, which may be the result of cardiac manifestations of disease or due to the accelerated development of atherosclerosis. The combination of two pathologies contributes to a more severe course of diseases and negatively affects the results of therapy, which indicates the relevance of this interdisciplinary problem. The review highlights data on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in spondyloarthritis, the occurrence of various risk factors. The data on the relationship of cardiovascular pathology with activity and functional disorders in spondyloarthritis are presented.