Evaluation of subclinical myocardial dysfunction using speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with radiographic and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis.
Sadık Volkan EmrenOnay GerçikEmre ÖzdemirDilek SolmazNihan ErenErsin Çağrı ŞimşekMehmet TokaçZeynep EmrenGökhan KabadayıServet AkarPublished in: European journal of rheumatology (2019)
Subclinical myocardial dysfunction as assessed by GLS was present in AS, but not in nr-ax-SpA patients. Thus, GLS could be used as a differentiating factor between radiographic and nr-axSpA patients.