@Article{Borowiec-Kocańda2006,
journal="Reumatologia/Rheumatology",
issn="0034-6233",
volume="44",
number="1",
year="2006",
title="ORIGINAL ARTICLEEchocardiographic assessment of left ventricle function in children with scleromyositis",
abstract=" Introduction: Possibility of heart pathology in children with  scleromyositis  is still an open clinical problem.  The aim of the study: Echocardiographic assessment of possible changes in heart muscle in this group of patients.   Material and methods:  We studied 18 children with  scleromyositis  (11 girls and 7 boys), age: 15.8\&#177;2.6 years with no clinical signs or symptoms of heart disease. Control group comprised 20 healthy children, age: 13.8\&#177;2.7 years. M-mode, 2-D and Doppler echo was performed in all subjects and global index of LV performance ( Tei index ) was calculated as a proportion of the sum of isovolumetric contraction time (ICT) and isovolumetric relaxation time (IVRT) to ejection time (ET).   Results: LA diameter was significantly lower in children with  scleromyositis  than in control group: 2.7\&#177;0.3 vs 3.1\&#177;0.3; p<0.01. Value of PWd in  scleromyositis  group was 0.6\&#177;0.15 and was significantly lower in comparison with control group: 0.8\&#177;0.15; p<0.005. There was no significant difference in value of LVdD, LVsD, IVSd, SF i EF in both groups. Also E/A, ICT, IVRT i ET values were similar in both groups.  Tei index  in  scleromyositis  group and in control group was: 0.46\&#177;0.08 and 0.44\&#177;0.06 respectively, p=NS.   Conclusion:  Based on analysis of echocardiographic parameters there are no changes in heart muscle in children with  scleromyositis  which suggests that cardiac involvement is not an early sign of the disease.",
author="Borowiec-Kocańda, Anna
and Woźniak, Jacek
and Firek, Bohdan
and Kwiatkowska, Małgorzata
and Dąbrowski, Rafał
and Musiej-Nowakowska, Elżbieta
and Kowalik, Ilona
and Romicka, Anna Maria
and Szwed, Hanna",
pages="13--18",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/ORIGINAL-ARTICLE-Echocardiographic-assessment-of-left-ventricle-function-in-children-with-scleromyositis-,18,5477,1,1.html"
}