title: Tissue Doppler velocities of the right and left ventricles and their association with C-reactive protein and homocysteine levels in Behcet's disease.
abstract: In the present study, we aimed to investigate whether tissue Doppler imaging could provide more information than standard echocardiography about left and right ventricular functions and their relations to homocysteine and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in the course of Behcet's disease (BD). In the right ventricle, patients with BD had lower early diastolic tricuspid annular velocity and early diastolic/late diastolic tricuspid annular velocity ratios than the control group. Mitral and tricuspid annular systolic velocities did not significantly differ; however, diastolic velocities were correlated with duration of the disease. In addition, early/late diastolic mitral annular velocity ratio and early/late diastolic tricuspid annular velocity ratios showed an inverse relation with ocular involvement, serum homocysteine, and CRP levels in patients with BD.
authors.affiliation: Inonu University, Faculty of Medicine, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ergun
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Topal
authors.forename: Ramazan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: Yüksel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.forename: Nusret
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Acikgoz
authors.forename: Necip
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ermis
authors.forename: Isa
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sincer
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akturk
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ozcan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000097:blood* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology*; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016276:Ventricular Function / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006710:Homocysteine; D002097:C-Reactive Protein