Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging detects subclinical right ventricular impairment in systemic sclerosis

• Published in: Journal of rheumatology Vol. 34; no. 12; p. 2431
• Main Authors: Bezante, Gian Paolo, Rollando, Daniela, Sessarego, Marta, Panico, Nicoletta, Setti, Maurizio, Filaci, Gilberto, Molinari, Giuseppe, Balbi, Manrico, Cutolo, Maurizio, Barsotti, Antonio, Indiveri, Francesco, Ghio, Massimo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada 01.12.2007
• Subjects: Aged; Case-Control Studies; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Scleroderma, Diffuse - complications; Scleroderma, Limited - complications; Scleroderma, Systemic - complications; Stroke Volume; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - diagnosis; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - etiology

To assess myocardial involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) with no signs or symptoms of cardiac impairment (New York Heart Association functional class I). Fifty patients (45 women, 5 men, age 53.3 +/- 12.9 yrs) who did not complain of serious diseases other than SSc were recruited o...