Myocardial Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: New Insights from Tissue Doppler and Strain Imaging

Abstract

SLE is associated with a significant impairment of systolic and diastolic LV longitudinal function in patients without cardiac symptoms. New imaging modalities provide earlier insight into cardiovascular involvement in SLE and seem to be superior to standard echocardiography to detect subclinical myocardial disease.