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- Title
EVALUATION OF DIASTOLIC FUNCTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH BEHCET'S DISEASE: A TISSUE DOPPLER STUDY.
- Authors
ACAR, Gürkan; KAYA, Hakan; AKÇAY, Ahmet; SÖKMEN, Abdullah; BALAKAN, Ozan; KÖROĞLU, Sedat; NACAR, Alper Buğra; SÜNER, Arif; ŞAHİN, Murat; SÖKMEN, Gülizar; SAYARLIOĞLU, Mehmet; TUNCER, Cemal
- Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate diastolic functions and myocardial performance index (MPI) in patients with Behcet’s disease (BD). Methods: Thirty-one BD patients (mean age 34.4±10.5 years) and 31 control subjects (mean age 33.2±10.3 years) were enrolled in this study. Left ventricular and right ventricular diastolic functions were assessed by conventional Doppler and tissue Doppler (TDI) methods, and MPI was also calculated. The relationship between these parameters and disease duration was evaluated. Results: In conventional Doppler echocardiography, Mitral A-wave velocity and deceleration time were higher, and E/A ratio was lower in patients with BD (p=0.002, p=0.02, and p=0.006, respectively). Mitral E-wave velocity and isovolumetric relaxation time were comparable between groups (p>0.05). In TDI examination, E′/A′ ratio measured from lateral mitral annulus was lower, and A′ velocity measured from lateral tricuspid annulus was higher in patients with BD (p=0.03 and p=0.02, respectively). Other mitral annular TDI (E′, A′, S′, E/E′ ratio, and MPI) and tricuspid lateral annular parameters (S′, E′, E′/A′ ratio and MPI) were similar between two groups (p>0.05). In correlation analysis, lateral mitral annulus E′/A′ ratio were inversely correlated with disease duration in patients with BD (r = -0.54, p=0.002). Conclusion: Left and right ventricular diastolic function parameters were significantly different in patients with BD and controls. Diastolic function parameters were significantly associated with disease duration and echocardiographic follow-up may be useful in these patients.
- Publication
Duzce Medical Journal, 2014, Vol 16, Issue 3, p18
- ISSN
1307-671X
- Publication type
Article