title: Cardiac flow parameters with conventional and pulsed tissue Doppler echocardiography imaging in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is independently associated with the major cardiovascular risk factors. The aim of this study was to examine the echocardiographic profiles of patients with PCOS using conventional echocardiographic methods and tissue Doppler imaging.
  
  
  METHODS
  For this study, we have registered 48 women with PCOS and 21 healthy control subjects who were matched with respect to age and body mass index. Standard two-dimensional and M-mode measurement, transmitral valve flows and tissue Doppler imaging of mitral and tricuspid anulus were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In PCOS and control groups, left ventricular and atrium diameters, ejection fraction, mitral E/A ratio, deceleration time and isovolumic relaxation time were similar. There were no significant differences between patients with PCOS and control subjects with respect to tissue Doppler profiles.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with PCOS execute echocardiographic measures of cardiac function that are similar to those of healthy women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Fatih University, Faculty of Medicine, Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey. yussel1971@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Selcoki
authors.forename: Omer Caglar
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carlioglu
authors.forename: Yuksel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Onaran
authors.forename: Makbule Nur
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kankilic
authors.forename: Feridun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Karakurt
authors.forename: Beyhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eryonucu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D018619:Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult