Table 2.

The number of inflammatory cell infiltrates in the three cardiac layers, per section

	IRD (n = 48)	Non-IRD (n = 40)	p Value
Epicardium
No infiltrates	21 (44)	16 (40)	0.30
One infiltrate	14 (29)	7 (18)
Two or three infiltrates	11 (23)	13 (33)
More than three infiltrates	2 (4)	4 (10)
Myocardium
No infiltrates	45 (94)	39 (98)	0.47
One infiltrate	3 (6)	1 (3)
More than one infiltrate	0 (0)	0 (0)
Endocardium
No infiltrates	47 (98)	40 (100)	0.73
One infiltrate	1 (2)	0 (0)
More than one infiltrate	0 (0)	0 (0)

IRD Inflammatory rheumatic disease

Values are the number (percentage) of patients