Evaluation of left and right ventricle by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in systemic sclerosis patients without overt cardiac disease.
Duygu Temiz KaradağTayfun SahinSenem TekeogluOzlem Ozdemir IşikAyten YaziciFatma Ceyla EraldemirAyse CeflePublished in: Clinical rheumatology (2019)
• Two dimensional STE revealed reduced left ventricular longitudinal strains, despite preserved right ventricular strain in SSc patients without overt cardiac disease. • CRP was the predictor of decreased longitudinal strains. • Cardiac assessment in SSc should be made globally.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- systemic sclerosis
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- heart failure
- escherichia coli
- peritoneal dialysis
- interstitial lung disease
- prognostic factors
- pulmonary hypertension
- mitral valve
- acute myocardial infarction
- patient reported outcomes
- rheumatoid arthritis
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve
- pulmonary artery
- atrial fibrillation
- percutaneous coronary intervention