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7721482

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
Although cardiac involvement such as pericarditis, myocarditis, coronary arteritis and valvular disease in Behçet's disease occurs, few studies have assessed left ventricular diastolic function. This study assesses the prevalence of both systolic and diastolic left ventricular dysfunction in patients with Behçet's disease who have no clinical cardiac manifestations. Twenty-two patients (12 women and 10 men, mean age 34 +/- 2.4 years) underwent full clinical examination, electrocardiography, M-mode, two-dimensional, and Doppler echocardiography. The mean disease duration was 5 +/- 4.7 years (range, 1 month-16 years). As age and sex-matched control group of 20 healthy subjects was also studied. Prolonged isovolumic relaxation time, prolonged deceleration time, reversal of the early and late peak transmitral diastolic flow velocities, late peak transmitral diastolic flow velocities (E/A ratio) and increased atrial filling fraction were noted in five patients. It is concluded that left ventricular dysfunction occurs frequently in patients with Behçet's disease and Doppler echocardiography may be valuable in detecting diastolic filling abnormalities as an early sign of cardiac involvement.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0167-5273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
145-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Doppler evaluation of left ventricular diastolic filling in Behçet's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiology, Black Sea Technical University Medical School, Trabzon, Turkey.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't