The heart in celiac disease

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Overview
Although numerous studies         linked celiac disease to pericarditis, myocarditis, endocarditis and cardiomyopathy, the largest population based retrospective cohort study (based on 14332 patients data, the Swedish national in-patient registry between 1964-2003) results demonstrated no association between these forms of heart diseases and celiac disease. Thus, taken together, the data do not suggest a link between celiac disease and heart disease.