Cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis assessed by tissue‐doppler echocardiography during routine care: A controlled study of 100 consecutive patients

Abstract

Depression of LV and RV systolic and LV diastolic function is common in patients with SSc and is due to primary myocardial involvement. Considering the major contributions of TDI, the addition of this simple technique to standard measurements may improve the detection of heart involvement in patients with SSc.