title: Assessment of left ventricular function by strain-strain rate echocardiography in patients with celiac disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Celiac is predominantly a disease of the small intestine characterized by chronic malabsorption in genetically susceptible individuals who ingest grains containing. gluten, such as wheat, barley, and rye. In the present study, we evaluate left ventricular function in patients with celiac disease by using strain and strain rate echocardiography imaging.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty celiac patients and 20 healthy controls were included in this study. Left ventricle systolic and diastolic functions were evaluated with standard 2-dimension, M-mode, conventional Doppler echocardiography. Strain and strain rate parameters were obtained for 8 segmentsof the left ventricle.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no significant differences between patients and controls regarding left ventricle function as assessed by 2-dimensional, M-mode, conventional Doppler. Differences between straini rate values did not reach statistical significance, but when strain and average strain values were taken into consideration, statistically significant differences were found between the groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We determined the subclinical effect of celiac disease on left ventricular systolic function by using strain echocardiography imaging for the first time in the literature. We showed that evaluation of the cardiac involvement in celiac patients by sophisticated echocardiography techniques is essential.
authors.forename: Sari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cenk
authors.forename: Demirezer Bolat
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Aylin
authors.forename: Akin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fatma Ebru
authors.forename: Akar Bayram
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Nihal
authors.forename: Özer Sari
authors.initials: ÖS
authors.lastname: Sevil
authors.forename: Baştuğ
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Serdal
authors.forename: Bilen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Emine
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hüseyin
authors.forename: Keleş
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Telat
authors.forename: Durmaz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tahir
authors.forename: Ersoy
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: Bozkurt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Engin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left