Open AccessSubclinical left ventricular dysfunction in Behcet's disease assessed by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography
Author(s) -
Jülide Yağmur,
Serpil Şener,
Nusret Açıkgöz,
Mehmet Cansel,
Necip Ermiş,
Yelda Karıncaoğlu,
Hakan Taşolar,
Yasin Karakuş,
Haşan Pekdemir,
Рамазан Оздемир
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jer088
Subject(s) - medicine , subclinical infection , cardiology , speckle tracking echocardiography , natriuretic peptide , ejection fraction , heart failure
The aim of this study was to evaluate the left ventricular (LV) systolic strain by speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) in order to provide the early detection of myocardial dysfunction in patients with Behcet's disease (BD). We also aimed to examine the relationship between LV systolic strain and N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), which is a cardiac biomarker of ventricular dysfunction.