Three-dimensional echocardiographic evaluation of the right ventricle in patients with uncomplicated systemic lupus erythematosus

• Published in: Lupus Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 538 - 544
• Main Authors: Buonauro, A, Sorrentino, R, Esposito, R, Nappi, L, Lobasso, A, Santoro, C, Rivellese, F, Sellitto, V, Rossi, F W, Liccardo, B, Tufano, A, Galderisi, M, Paulis, A de
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.04.2019; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Blood Pressure; Body Mass Index; C-reactive protein; Case-Control Studies; Coronary artery disease; Echocardiography; Echocardiography, Doppler; Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional - methods; Electrocardiography; European Continental Ancestry Group; Female; Heart diseases; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Hypertension, Pulmonary - etiology; Inflammation; Lupus; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - complications; Male; Middle Aged; Regression Analysis; Stroke Volume; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Ventricle; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - etiology; Ventricular Function, Right; three-dimensional echocardiography; right ventricular dysfunction; Systemic lupus erythematosus; right ventricle; longitudinal strain

Our aim was to identify subclinical right ventricular (RV) alterations in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by combining standard and three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE). Fifty SLE patients without concomitant cardiac disease and 50 healthy controls, matched for age and gender, were enrolled....