Cardiac involvement assessment in systemic sclerosis using speckle tracking echocardiography: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Wei QiaoWenjing BiXin WangYing LiWei-Dong RenYangjie XiaoPublished in: BMJ open (2023)
SSc patients have a lower strain than healthy controls for the majority of STE parameters, indicating the presence of an impaired myocardium involving both the ventricle and atrium.
Keyphrases
- systemic sclerosis
- end stage renal disease
- interstitial lung disease
- left ventricular
- pulmonary hypertension
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- pulmonary artery
- computed tomography
- peritoneal dialysis
- mitral valve
- coronary artery
- vena cava
- pulmonary embolism
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- pulmonary arterial hypertension