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Data were compared with age\u2010matched disease\u2010control patients with rheumatoid arthritis (n = 20) or systemic lupus erythematosus (n = 13), and with healthy control individuals with normal coronaries (n = 40).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients with MPA, WG, and PAN (but not with CSS) were found to display significantly increased maximal diameters of coronary arteries compared with healthy controls (for MPA and WG; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001 for LAD and RCA, and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01 for LCx) and with both disease\u2010control groups (for only MPA; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01 for LAD and RCA, and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.05 for LCx). Fusiform coronary aneurysms were detected in patients with MPA (4\/16) and PAN (2\/3), whereas coronary ectasias were evident in patients with MPA (14\/16) and WG (2\/11). The presence of myocardial necrosis (by assessment of late gadolinium\u2010enhanced images) was identified only in patients with MPA (2\/16) and CSS (3\/8 studied).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Cardiovascular MRI assessment of patients with systemic vasculitis revealed coronary ectatic disease in the majority of patients with MPA and PAN, as well as in several patients with WG. 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