Higher body mass index and disease duration are associated with increased risk of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in women with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Pamela Munguía-RealpozoClaudia Mendoza-PintoClaudia Mendoza-PintoRicardo O EscarcegaRoberto Berra-RomaniIvet Etchegaray-MoralesLiliana Pérez-AquinoAdalberto Ramírez-HernándezSocorro Méndez-MartínezRicard CerveraPublished in: Lupus (2022)
Patients with overweight/obesity may be at higher risk of LV dysfunction. Although IR was high in our patients with SLE was not associated with systolic dysfunction or DD. Body mass index and disease duration were associated with an increased risk of DD.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- oxidative stress
- blood pressure
- heart failure
- weight loss
- disease activity
- metabolic syndrome
- acute myocardial infarction
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- insulin resistance
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- mitral valve
- physical activity
- adipose tissue
- coronary artery disease