Evaluation of myocardial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using strain imaging by speckle-tracking echocardiography - Fine, Nowell M; Crowson, Cynthia S; Lin, Grace; Oh, Jae K; Villarraga, Hector R; Gabriel, Sherine E (Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2014)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - complications; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - epidemiology; Echocardiography, Doppler - methods; Female; Heart attacks; Humans; Joint surgery; Male; Medical records; Middle Aged; Minnesota - epidemiology; Retrospective Studies; Rheumatoid arthritis; Severity of Illness Index; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - epidemiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - etiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - epidemiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - etiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Atherosclerosis