Associations between anti-mitochondrial antibodies and cardiac involvement in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy patients : A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: The objectives of this study are to analyze the association between anti-mitochondrial antibody (AMA) and cardiac involvement in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) and to evaluate the diagnostic value of AMA for cardiac involvement in IIM patients.

Methods: We conducted a comprehensive search in PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library to identify English-language studies published before November 19, 2021. Stata 12.