Lack of association between anticardiolipin antibodies and heart valve disease in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
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M J Milne
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Cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus detected by echocardiography.
Cardiac involvement in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was assessed by full echocardiography and continuous wave Doppler in 50 consecutive patients and 50 age- and sex-matched control subjects in a prospective, blinded study. The left ventricular ejection fraction was decreased in patients compared to control subjects (61 +/- 9 vs 68 +/- 7%, p less than 0.001), whereas interventricular septum (12 +/- 3 vs 9 +/- 1 mm, p less than 0.001), and posterior wall dimension (9 +/- 2 vs 8 +/- 1 mm, p less than 0.001), left ventricular mass (186 +/- 54 vs 130 +/- 32 g, p less than 0.001) and mitral valve Doppler A:E ratio (0.8 +/- 0.2 vs 0.7 +/- 0.1, p less than 0.01) were increased. Pericardial effusion was detected in 27 patients and 5 control subjects, and valvular regurgitation was more frequent in the patients (aortic 2 vs 0; mitral 23 vs 5, p less than 0.001; tricuspid 34 vs 22, p less than 0.01 and pulmonary 28 vs 17, p less than 0.05). Mitral or aortic regurgitation was more common in patients with active SLE (60 vs 40%, difference not significant) but was not related to the duration of SLE (r = 0.02), duration of prednisone therapy (r = -0.13) or current dosage of prednisone (r = 0.01). This study demonstrates that pericardial effusion, valvular regurgitation and myocardial abnormalities are frequently present in patients with SLE.
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Doppler echocardiographic assessment of shunting via the ductus arteriosus in newborn infants.
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