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[Changes in the diastolic left ventricular function in primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome]
N Coudray1, D De Zuttere, O Blétry
1Service de médecine interne, hôpital la Pitié, Paris.
La Revue De Medecine Interne
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Previous studies have shown that left ventricular (LV) diastolic function is frequently impaired in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. We prospectively studied echo-Doppler indices of LV diastolic function in 18 patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS), who where compared to a group of 18 healthy controls. Heretofore undescribed LV relaxation abnormalities were found in the PAPS group: this finding suggests the existence of a causal link.