Evaluation of myocardial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using strain imaging by speckle-tracking echocardiography

• Published in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases Vol. 73; no. 10; pp. 1833 - 1839
• Main Authors: Fine, Nowell M, Crowson, Cynthia S, Lin, Grace, Oh, Jae K, Villarraga, Hector R, Gabriel, Sherine E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Limited 01.10.2014
• Subjects: 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

Objectives Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), although strategies to detect subclinical CVD are poorly characterised. The purpose of this study was to assess myocardial function by speckle-tracking echocardiography strain imaging in patien...