[Changes in the diastolic left ventricular function in primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome].
Previous studies have shown that left ventricular (LV) diastolic function is frequently impaired in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. We prospectively studied echo-Doppler indices of LV diastolic function in 18 patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS), who where compared to a group of 18 healthy controls. Heretofore undescribed LV relaxation abnormalities were found in the PAPS group: this finding suggests the existence of a causal link.
Coudray
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N
Service de médecine interne, hôpital la Pitié, Paris.
De Zuttere
D
D
Blétry
O
O
Piette
J C
JC
Wechsler
B
B
Francès
C
C
Cacoub
P
P
Laraki
R
R
Pourny
J C
JC
Lecarpentier
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
Altération de la fonction ventriculaire gauche diastolique au cours du syndrome primitif des anticorps antiphospholipides.