Mechanics of early biventricular impairment in systemic sclerosis and the effects of peripheral arterial haemodynamics.

CONCLUSIONS: Speckle-tracking echocardiography demonstrates the mechanics of RV early impairment in SSc that develops and progresses independently from the concomitant LV impairment, which, in turn, may be influenced by peripheral microvascular abnormalities in the absence of macrovascular damage. PMID: 31172928 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research