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Morphological and Functional Assessment of the Right Ventricle Using 3D Echocardiography
Published on: October 28, 2020
Left and right ventricular function is impaired in Behçet's disease
Bunyamin Yavuz1, Levent Sahiner, Ali Akdogan
1Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University, Cinnah caddesi No. 11/6, Ankara, Turkey. byavuz.md@yahoo.com
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
|September 27, 2006
Summary
Behçet
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Rheumatology
- Medical Imaging
Background:
- Behçet's disease (BD) can affect the heart subclinically.
- Assessing biventricular function is crucial for understanding cardiac involvement in BD.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate noninvasive biventricular function parameters using Doppler tissue imaging (DTI) in Behçet's disease patients.
- To assess tricuspid and mitral annular motion in BD patients.
Main Methods:
- A study involving 21 BD patients and 20 healthy controls, excluding cardiovascular risk factors.
- Standard echocardiography and pulsed Doppler tissue imaging (DTI) were performed on all participants.
Main Results:
- Significantly lower peak systolic and early diastolic tricuspid annular velocities in BD patients compared to controls (P < 0.001).
- Significantly lower peak systolic, early diastolic, and end-diastolic lateral mitral annular velocities in BD patients versus controls (P < 0.001, P = 0.013).
Conclusions:
- Myocardial velocities are demonstrably affected in patients with Behçet's disease.
- Right and left ventricular function is impaired in individuals with BD, as indicated by DTI findings.
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