title: [Effect of long term systemic steroid therapy on the cardiac muscle].
abstract: In asthmatic patients treated on a long term basis with steroids echocardiographic examination of the heart disclosed morphological and functional changes in the heart muscle. Such changes were not found in asthmatic treated occasionally with steroids. Differences between both groups depended on decreased contractibility of the heart muscle and concentric hypertrophy of the left ventricle present in asthmatic treated on a long term basis with systemic steroids.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Wewnetrznych i Alergologii AM, Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gawlik
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krasnowska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spring
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones
vernacular_title: Wpływ przewlekłej systemowej kortykosteroidoterapii na serce.