European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging
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Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging · Jun 2018
Comparative StudyMechanics and prognostic value of left and right ventricular dysfunction in patients with systemic sclerosis.
Impairment of myocardial function is an important potential complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and associated with poor prognosis. The detection of left (LV) and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction may prompt specific therapeutic interventions. We sought to investigate the prognostic value of both LV and RV deformation in patients with SSc. ⋯ RV dysfunction was associated with adverse outcome, independent of and incremental to clinical and LV deformation parameters in SSc. LV dysfunction appears to have less prognostic relevance than RV dysfunction.