Abstract:investigate the left ventricular diastolic function and the factors related in SLE patients compared with healthy controls. Methods Thirty consecutive female SLE patients without evidence of cardiac disease were underwent standard transthoracic echocardiography, and were compared with 30 agematched healthy female controls. Patient characteristics, organ damage and laboratory data were retrieved by medical chart review. Results In SLE patients, indexes of LV diastolic function differed from control group, with … Show more
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