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Left and right ventricular function is impaired in Behçet's disease.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16999689     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: Subclinical cardiac involvement may occur in patients with Behçet's disease (BD). The purpose of our study was to assess the noninvasive parameters of biventricular function derived from Doppler tissue imaging (DTI) of the tricuspid and mitral annular motion in BD. METHODS: Twenty-one patients with BD and 20 control subjects were enrolled in this study. All subjects were selected to exclude those with cardiovascular risk factors. Standard echocardiography and pulsed DTI were obtained in every patient. RESULTS: Peak systolic (13.71 +/- 2.09 vs 20.01 +/- 1.57, P < 0.001), peak early diastolic (11.26 +/- 2.52 vs 15.35 +/- 2.06, P < 0.001) tricuspid annular velocities were significantly lower in patients than controls. Peak systolic (8.68 +/- 1.4 vs 12.25 +/- 1.7, P < 0.001), peak early diastolic (7.89 +/- 1.07 vs 9.94 +/- 1.12, P < 0.001), and peak end diastolic (8.30 +/- 1.32 vs 9.23 +/- 0.91, P = 0.013) lateral mitral annular velocities were significantly lower in patients than controls. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated that myocardial velocities, were affected in patients with BD. Therefore, we conclude that right and left ventricular function is impaired in patients with BD.
Authors:
Bunyamin Yavuz; Levent Sahiner; Ali Akdogan; Gulcan Abali; Kudret Aytemir; Lale Tokgozoglu; Umut Kalyoncu; Omer Karadag; Sedat Kiraz; Ihsan Ertenli; Meral Calguneri; Nasih Nazli
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)     Volume:  23     ISSN:  0742-2822     ISO Abbreviation:  Echocardiography     Publication Date:  2006 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-09-26     Completed Date:  2007-05-25     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8511187     Medline TA:  Echocardiography     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  723-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University, Cinnah caddesi No. 11/6, Ankara, Turkey. byavuz.md@yahoo.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Behcet Syndrome / physiopathology*,  ultrasonography
Blood Flow Velocity
Case-Control Studies
Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed
Female
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve / physiopathology,  ultrasonography
Myocardial Contraction
Research Design
Stroke Volume
Tricuspid Valve / physiopathology,  ultrasonography
Turkey
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology*,  ultrasonography
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / physiopathology*,  ultrasonography
Ventricular Function, Left
Ventricular Function, Right

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