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Speckle tracking echocardiography in acute lupus myocarditis: comparison to conventional echocardiography

AIMS: Lupus myocarditis occurs in 5–10% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). No single feature is diagnostic of lupus myocarditis. Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) can detect subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in SLE patients, with limited research on its utility in clin...

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Autores principales: Du Toit, Riëtte, Herbst, Phillip G, van Rensburg, Annari, Snyman, Hendrik W, Reuter, Helmuth, Doubell, Anton F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28490455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/ERP-17-0005