Evaluation of subclinical myocardial dysfunction using speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with radiographic and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis

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Evaluation of subclinical myocardial dysfunction using speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

“…By 2 D STE we find that AS patients has subclinical myocardial systolic dysfunction compared to the control. In this study AS increase in patient with overweight BMI from 25-29.9 kg/m2 (40% of patients) due to limitation of movements and exercises that results from severe pain , and more in negative family history of disease that agree with Emren et al (31) that show mean BMI 24±4.3, more in male than female this agree with El Maghraoui et al (4) and Emren et al (31) . More in non-smoker with limited physical activity which disagree with Emren et al (31) that show the increasing of AS disease among positive smoking due to their habits .…”

“…In this study AS increase in patient with overweight BMI from 25-29.9 kg/m2 (40% of patients) due to limitation of movements and exercises that results from severe pain , and more in negative family history of disease that agree with Emren et al (31) that show mean BMI 24±4.3, more in male than female this agree with El Maghraoui et al (4) and Emren et al (31) . More in non-smoker with limited physical activity which disagree with Emren et al (31) that show the increasing of AS disease among positive smoking due to their habits . In our study we find significant reduction in GLS % -18.32±3.39 :p=0.047 of AS patient in comparison with control, this agree with other study like Ustun et al (13) show that by STE, there was reduction in myocardial systolic function in AS patients , in absence of CVD.…”

The Prevalence of Cardiac Diseases in a Contemporary Large Cohort of Dutch Elderly Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients—The CARDAS Study

“…Three studies assessed diastolic LV dysfunction using the combined set of parameters as recommended by the ASE/EACVI in 2009, ranging from 12% to 45%, though cut-off values of single parameters differed slightly between studies [ 15 , 29 , 30 ]. Other studies reported prevalence rates ranging from 20% to 49%, but those studies were not specifically designed to assess diastolic LV dysfunction or only used a single or few echocardiographic parameters for assessing diastolic LV dysfunction, which differs from the ASE/EACVI guidelines [ 8 , 14 , 26 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ]. Nowadays, the most appropriate way, recommended by American and European echocardiography organizations (ASE and EACVI), to assess diastolic LV dysfunction, is to combine specific echocardiographic parameters [ 35 ].…”

Evaluation of Metabolic Syndrome in Egyptian Patients with Radiographic and Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis (Cross Sectional Study)

“…In agreement with our results, Kiltz U et al [15] who reported significant difference in sex between the patients in the radiographic and non-radiographic axial spodyloarthritis groups (76.8% male AS patients versus 31.8% male nr-axSpA patients), while Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index did not differ between both groups. Also, Emren et al [16] found differences in inflammatory activity (CRP) and gender ratio between AS and nr-axSpA.…”