Speckle tracking echocardiography in acute lupus myocarditis: comparison to conventional echocardiography

Aims: Lupus myocarditis occurs in 5–10% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). No single feature is diagnostic of lupus myocarditis. Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) can detect subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in SLE patients, with limited research on its utility in clin...

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Principais autores:	Riëtte Du Toit, Phillip G Herbst, Annari van Rensburg, Hendrik W Snyman, Helmuth Reuter, Anton F Doubell
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	BMC 2017-07-01
coleção:	Echo Research and Practice
Assuntos:	myocarditis systemic lupus erythematosus speckle tracking echocardiography
Acesso em linha:	http://www.echorespract.com/content/4/2/9.full
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