Role of Tissue Doppler Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Early Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic disease involving many organ systems and is frequently accompanied by cardiac alterations. The purpose of our study is the usefulness of Tissue Doppler echocardiography to detect the nature and extent of cardiac involvement in RA patients with no sy...

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Main Authors: Ashok Arigondam, Vara Prasad, Liza Rajasekhar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2016-06-01
Series:Indian Journal of Cardiovascular Disease in Women
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1656399