Subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in Behcet's disease assessed by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography.

Yagmur, Julide; ŞENER, SERPİL; Acikgoz, NUSRET; CANSEL, MEHMET; ERMİŞ, NECİP; Karincaoglu, Yelda; Tasolar, Hakan; Karakus, Yasin; PEKDEMİR, HASAN; ÖZDEMİR, Ramazan

doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jer088

Subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in Behcet's disease assessed by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography.

Yagmur J., ŞENER S., Acikgoz N., CANSEL M., ERMİŞ N., Karincaoglu Y., ...More

European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology, vol.12, no.7, pp.536-41, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 12 Issue: 7
Publication Date: 2011
Doi Number: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer088
Journal Name: European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.536-41
Keywords: Behcet's disease, Speckle tracking echocardiography, N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide, NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, MYOCARDIAL DEFORMATION, STRAIN-RATE, PERFUSION
Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Aims The aim of this study was to evaluate the left ventricular (LV) systolic strain by speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) in order to provide the early detection of myocardial dysfunction in patients with Behcet's disease (BD). We also aimed to examine the relationship between LV systolic strain and N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), which is a cardiac biomarker of ventricular dysfunction.