Detecting Subclinical Biventricular Impairment in Scleroderma Patients by Use of Pulsed-Wave Tissue Doppler Imaging

Can I., Onat A. M., AYTEMİR K., AKDOĞAN A., Ureten K., KİRAZ S., ...Daha Fazla

TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL, cilt.36, sa.1, ss.31-37, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Dergi Adı: TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.31-37
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Systemic scleroderma is a disease that is characterized by excessive fibroblastic activity and collagen deposition in various organs, including the heart. We sought to evaluate the limits of biventricular function as derived noninvasively from pulsed-wave tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) of tricuspid and mitral annular motion in patients who had scleroderma.