Evaluation of subclinical myocardial dysfunction using speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with radiographic and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis


EMREN S. V., Gercik O., Ozdemir E., SOLMAZ D., Eren N., Simsek E. C., ...More

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.7, no.1, pp.9-15, 2020 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 7 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/eurjrheum.2019.19072
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.9-15
  • Keywords: Speckle tracking echocardiography, axial spondyloarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, echocardiography, myocardial dysfunction, VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC FUNCTION, ANKYLOSING-SPONDYLITIS, EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION, CARDIOVASCULAR RISK, AMERICAN SOCIETY, DISEASE-ACTIVITY, RECOMMENDATIONS, PERFORMANCE, UPDATE, INDEX
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate whether there is any difference between radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA), also termed ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and non-radiographic (nr-) axSpA, with respect to subclinial myocardial dysfunction using speckle tracking echocardiography (STE).