October 25, 2007Echocardiography
Detection of Subclinical Cardiac Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis by Echocardiographic Strain Imaging
Why the study?
Does echocardiographic strain imaging detect subclinical cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis patients without pulmonary hypertension compared to healthy controls?
Population
27 systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients without pulmonary hypertension and 26 healthy controls (n=53)
Comparison
Echocardiographic strain imaging vs Healthy controls and standard two-dimensional /…
Design
Case-control
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Strain imaging may detect subclinical LV dysfunction in SSc; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Structured PICO
Does echocardiographic strain imaging detect subclinical cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis patients without pulmonary hypertension compared to healthy controls?
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Population
27 systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients without pulmonary hypertension and 26 healthy controls (n=53)
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Intervention
Echocardiographic strain imaging
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Comparator
Healthy controls and standard two-dimensional (2D) / tissue Doppler echocardiography
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Outcome
Left ventricular strain and strain rate parameterssurrogate
Echocardiographic strain imaging can detect subclinical cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis patients who otherwise have normal standard echocardiographic and tissue Doppler findings.
Cite This Study
Kepez et al. (2007) studied this question.