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Echocardiographic features of interventricular septal dissection in patients with Behçet's disease
Shaomei Yu1, Jiancheng Han1, Shuang Gao1
1Department of Ultrasound, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
|December 27, 2018
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Heart involvement in Behçet
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Rheumatology
- Vascular Medicine
Background:
- Behçet's disease (BD) is a rare multisystem inflammatory disorder.
- Cardiac involvement in BD is uncommon, with few reported cases.
Observation:
- This study retrospectively analyzed three patients diagnosed with Behçet's disease and interventricular septal (IVS) dissection.
- Echocardiography was used to evaluate the cardiac manifestations.
Findings:
- Echocardiographic findings of IVS dissection included an echo-free space in the basal or basal to middle IVS segments.
- Observed characteristics included diastolic dilatation, systolic contraction, and abnormal turbulent blood flow within the heart.
Implications:
- These findings highlight specific echocardiographic features indicative of IVS dissection in Behçet's disease.
- Early recognition of these echocardiographic signs may aid in the diagnosis and management of cardiac complications in BD.
Abstract:
Involvement of the heart in Behçet's disease (BD) is rare. We retrospectively analyzed these three patients with interventricular septal (IVS) dissection in BD and discussed the echocardiographic manifestations of IVS dissections. In our patients, the echocardiographic characteristics of IVS dissection were echo-free space in the IVS basal segment or basal to middle segment, dilatation in the diastole and contraction in systole, and abnormal turbulent blood flow in the heart.