Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac diastolic function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: 5 years of follow-up

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 647-650

  Yazici, Dilek ^a,c   Tokay, Sena ^a   Aydin, Sibel ^a   Toprak, Ahmet ^a   Inanc, Nevsun ^a   Khan, Saidur Rahman ^a,b   Fak, Ali Serdar ^a   Direskeneli, Haner ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute   (Bangladesh)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac involvement; Diastolic function; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; LIPID; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 41849128195     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0820-x     Document Type: Article

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