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This first volume represents the state-of-the-art in the field of cardiovascular disease and autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Systemic autoimmune diseases comprise a family of conditions that share common pathogenetic mechanisms as well as a multi-organ involvement including the heart. This volume has been subdivided into three parts. In the first part, the immune mechanisms involved in cardiac damage have been considered. The role of proinflammatory and regulatory cytokines in driving an autoimmune response to cardiac self-tissues has been analysed. Moreover, the prevalence, the clinical meanin

Heart --- Autoimmune diseases --- Cardiological manifestations of general diseases --- Atherosclerosis --- Vasculitis --- Blood-vessels --- Inflammation --- Angiitis --- Vasculitides --- Arteriosclerosis --- Cardiovascular system --- Symptoms --- Cardiac manifestations of general diseases --- Cardiological symptoms of general diseases --- Autoimmunity --- Immunologic diseases --- Autoimmunologic diseases --- Cardiopulmonary system --- Chest --- Diseases --- Immunological aspects