Prognostic Role of Subclinical Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Evaluated by Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Cioffi, Giovanni; Viapiana, Ombretta; Ognibeni, Federica; Dalbeni, Andrea; Giollo, Alessandro; Gatti, Davide; Idolazzi, Luca; Faganello, Giorgio; Di Lenarda, Andrea; Rossini, Maurizio (Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 2017)
Keywords: Arthritis, Rheumatoid - diagnostic imaging; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - epidemiology; Asymptomatic Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular; Causality; Comorbidity; Early Diagnosis; Echocardiography - methods; Echocardiography - statistics & numerical data; Elasticity Imaging Techniques - methods; Elasticity Imaging Techniques - statistics & numerical data; Female; Global longitudinal strain; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Italy; Left ventricular systolic function; Male; Middle Aged; Outcome; Prevalence; Prognosis; Reproducibility of Results; Rheumatoid arthritis; Risk Factors; Sensitivity and Specificity; Speckle-tracking echocardiography; Stroke Volume; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - epidemiology; STE; LVEF; Global longitudinal strain; HR; LV; GLS; RA; Speckle-tracking echocardiography; 2D; CV; Rheumatoid arthritis; Outcome; GCS; LVSD; Left ventricular systolic function; Global circumferential strain; Cardiovascular; Left ventricular/ventricle; Two-dimensional; Left ventricular systolic dysfunction; Heart rate; Left ventricular ejection fraction