| Ventricular late potentials in systemic sclerosis: relationship with skin involvement. | |
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PMID: 12136893 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To detect the myocardial involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) by signal averaged electrocardiography method (SA-ECG) in relationship to the skin changes. METHODS: We selected 24 SSc outpatients according to American Rheumatism Association criteria, without clinical and instrumental evidence of cardiac disease, and compared them with 24 control subjects. All patients and controls underwent SA-ECG to detect ventricular late potentials (LP). The extent and severity of skin involvement in SSc patients was detected by modified Rodnan (m-Rodnan) skin score. RESULTS: SSc patients had higher prevalence of LP compared to controls (46 versus 8%, p < 0.003). Median skin score value in the overall SSc population was 7 [mean, SD (range): 7.8, 3.2, (4-18)]. Patients with LP had a higher median skin score value compared to SSc patients without LP [median (range): 10 (6-18) versus 6 (4-9); Mann-Whitney U test 22.5, p < 0.005]. A subset analysis was also performed to verify the correlation of antibodies positivity (anti-centromere and Scl 70) pattern and the presence of LP. Our findings showed that higher values of skin score correlated with the presence of LP independent of antibody subsets. CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that diffuse abnormalities of the cardiac tissue detected by SA-ECG may be present, even in patients without cardiac symptoms. The relationship between LP and skin involvement in patients without clinical evidence of cardiac involvement may help detect of a subset of patients who may develop scleroderma heart disease. |
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Authors:
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Michele Paradiso; Manuela Di Franco; Antonino Musca; Stefania Basili; Valeria Riccieri; Vincenzo Paoletti; Antonio De Matteis; Antonio Mammarella |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of rheumatology Volume: 29 ISSN: 0315-162X ISO Abbreviation: J. Rheumatol. Publication Date: 2002 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2002-07-24 Completed Date: 2003-01-24 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7501984 Medline TA: J Rheumatol Country: Canada |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1388-92 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Medical Therapy, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. michele.paradiso@uniroma1.it |
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Adult Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis*, etiology Case-Control Studies Electrocardiography / methods* Female Humans Male Middle Aged Probability Reference Values Sampling Studies Scleroderma, Localized / complications, diagnosis Scleroderma, Systemic / complications*, diagnosis Sensitivity and Specificity Severity of Illness Index Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted* Statistics, Nonparametric Ventricular Function |
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