![]() Method: Twenty two patients (19 females and 3 males) with SSc without symptoms of LVDD and 22 age and sex matched controls were included. Early detection of cardiac affection is important for proper management of the disease. Systolic and/or diastolic dysfunction may occur before any symptoms suggesting cardiac involvement and both of them carry bad prognostic signs during disease course. Objective: To assess asymptomatic Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients using both conventional echocardiography and speckle tracking in correlation to disease variables.īackground: Myocardial involvement is one of the leading causes of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). El Olemy 1,4ġRheumatology and Rehabilitation Department, Benha Faculty of Medicine, Benha, Egypt 2Rheumatology Division, Internal Medicine Department, Dallah Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 3Cardiology Department, Zagazig Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig, Egypt 4Rheumatology Division, Internal Medicine Department, Al Adan Hospital, Al Ahmadi, Kuwait ![]() ![]() ![]() SU110 Asymptomatic left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in diffuse systemic sclerosis patients: conventional echocardiography and left atrial speckle trackingĪ.
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