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
- interstitial lung disease
- end stage renal disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- ejection fraction
- pulmonary artery
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- computed tomography
- prognostic factors
- mitral valve
- rheumatoid arthritis
- inferior vena cava
- vena cava
- pulmonary embolism
- patient reported outcomes
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- left atrial appendage
- clinical evaluation