Open AccessTwo-dimensional speckle tracking of the left ventricle in patients with systemic sclerosis for an early detection of myocardial involvement
Author(s) -
Sebastian Spethmann,
Henryk Dreger,
Sebastian Schattke,
Gabriela Riemekasten,
Adrian C. Borges,
Gert Baumann,
Fabian Knebel
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2047-2412
pISSN - 2047-2404
DOI - 10.1093/ehjci/jes047
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ejection fraction , ventricle , speckle tracking echocardiography , subclinical infection , speckle pattern , heart failure , artificial intelligence , computer science
Myocardial involvement is associated with poor prognosis in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) is a powerful novel modality for the assessment of subclinical cardiac left ventricular (LV) dysfunction that, so far, has not been investigated in SSc patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate deformation analyses derived from STE for early detection of LV systolic dysfunction in patients with SSc having preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).
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