Impact of biological treatment on left ventricular dysfunction determined by global circumferential, longitudinal and radial strain values using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Isamu YokoeHitomi KobayashiYasuyuki KobayashiAtsuma NishiwakiNoboru KitamuraYousuke NagasawaNatsumi IkumiHiromi KarasawaYasuo OkumuraNoboru KitamuraMasami TakeiPublished in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2020)
Global circumferential strain, GLS and GRS assessed by FT-CMR can reveal subclinical LV dysfunction in patients with RA. Furthermore, they can be used to determine the normalization of LV regional dysfunction induced by bDMARDs possibly related to disease activity reduction.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- left ventricular
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- oxidative stress
- ankylosing spondylitis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- heart failure
- genome wide
- cross sectional
- mitral valve
- gene expression
- left atrial
- systemic sclerosis
- atrial fibrillation
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- ejection fraction