Combined Circumferential and Longitudinal Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis without Overt Cardiac Disease.
Cioffi G, Viapiana O, Ognibeni F, Dalbeni A, Gatti D, Mazzone C, Faganello G, Di Lenarda A, Adami S, Rossini M.
Cioffi G, et al. Among authors: adami s.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2016 Jul;29(7):689-98. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2016.01.004. Epub 2016 Feb 24.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2016.
PMID: 26922258
C&L systolic function was evaluated by stress-corrected midwall shortening (sc-MS) and tissue Doppler mitral annular peak systolic velocity (S'). Combined C&L LVSD was defined if sc-MS was <86.5% and S' was <9.0 cm/sec (the 10th percentiles of sc-MS an …
C&L systolic function was evaluated by stress-corrected midwall shortening (sc-MS) and tissue Doppler mitral annular peak systolic veloc …