Speckle tracking echocardiography can predict subclinical myocardial involvement in patients with sarcoidosis: A meta-analysis.

Kirolos BarssoumAhmed M AltibiDevesh RaiAshish KumarAdnan KharsaMedhat ChowdhurySamarthkumar ThakkarSara ShahidMohamed AbdelazeemAhmed Sami AbuzaidBipul BaibhavVishal ParikhScott C FeitellMallory Balmer-SwainMohan RaoMyriam AmsallemNavin C Nanda

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2020)

LVGLS and GCS were significantly lower in extra-cardiac sarcoidosis patients despite not exhibiting any cardiac symptoms. LVGLS correlates with MCEs in CS. Further studies are required to investigate the role of STE in the early screening of CS.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
computed tomography
prognostic factors
pulmonary hypertension
patient reported