To investigate whether the ratio of mitral peak velocity of early filling (E) to early diastolic
mitral annular velocity (E')(E/E'ratio) can detect left ventricular diastolic dysfunction more …

Objective: To comparatively assess the parameters of systolic and diastolic cardiac function
in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) …

The objective of this study was to use tissue Doppler parameters to identify pulmonary
embolism (PE) in patients with echocardiographic signs of pulmonary hypertension. One …

Objective Subclinical myocardial dysfunction has been reported to occur early in systemic
lupus erythematous (SLE). The study aim was to search for biomarkers of subclinical …

The purpose of this study was to use Doppler tissue imaging to evaluate heart function and
to investigate the correlation between Doppler imaging and pulmonary artery systolic …

The aim of this study was to investigate subclinical systolic and diastolic dysfunction in
juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (j-SLE) patients with speckle tracking …

Conventional risk factors of coronary artery disease fail to explain the increased frequency of
cardiovascular morbidity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The study …

AIM: The prevalence of myocardial involvement in influenza infection ranges from 0% to
12% depending on the diagnostic criteria used to define myocarditis. Whether such an …

OBJECTIVE: Limited adult data suggested arterial stiffening in systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE). We investigated the hypothesis that arterial stiffening is related to left …

The objective of this study was to develop tissue Doppler parameters that could be used to
differentiate right ventricular (RV) volume overload from RV pressure overload. The RV …