CHANGE IN LEFT-VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC FUNC TION IN PRIMARY PHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME

Authors
COUDRAY N DEZUTTERE D BLETRY O PIETTE JC WECHSLER B FRANCES C CACOUB P LARAKI R POURNY JC LECARPENTIER Y GODEAU P CHEMLA D
Citation
N. Coudray et al., CHANGE IN LEFT-VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC FUNC TION IN PRIMARY PHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME, La Revue de medecine interne, 14(10), 1993, pp. 938-938
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Revue de medecine interne → ACNP
ISSN journal
02488663
Volume
14
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
938 - 938
Database
ISI
SICI code
0248-8663(1993)14:10<938:CILDFT>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Previous studies have shown that left ventricular (LV) diastolic funct ion is frequently impaired in patients with systemic lupus erythematos us. We prospectively studied echo-Doppler indices of LV diastolic func tion in 18 patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS), who where compared to a group of 18 healthy controls. Heretofore undescri bed LV relaxation abnormalities were found in the PAPS group : this fi nding suggests the existence of a causal link.