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Does tissue Doppler echocardiography reveal impaired left ventricular function in asymptomatic patients with systemic lupus erythematosus compared to healthy controls?
Does tissue Doppler echocardiography reveal impaired left ventricular function in asymptomatic patients with systemic lupus erythematosus compared to healthy controls?
Tissue Doppler echocardiography reveals subclinical diastolic left ventricular dysfunction in asymptomatic patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
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May indicate subclinical diastolic LV dysfunction in asymptomatic SLE; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Cacciapuoti et al. (2005) studied this question.
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