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ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2020

Echocardiography in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Cardiovascular Complications.

George Makavos, Maria Varoudi, Konstantina Papangelopoulou, Eirini Kapniari, Panagiotis Plotas, Ignatios Ikonomidis, Evangelia Papadavid

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Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06593990 (Left Atrial Function and Dimensions As Predictors of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06593990 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Left Atrial Function and Dimensions As Predictors of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

TypeobservationalSponsorAssiut UniversityRan2024 to 2026Enrolled108ConditionsRhematoid ArthritisArmsechocardography, musculoskeletal ultrasonography, lipid profile test, C reactive protein, Complete blood count CBC
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Multi-Modality Imaging in Cardio-Rheumatology.Current cardiology reports · 2025
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  2. Ventricular and atrial function assessment with transthoracic echocardiography in patients with rheumatic inflammatory disease.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

George MakavosSecond Cardiology Department, Attikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Maria VaroudiSecond Cardiology Department, Attikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Konstantina PapangelopoulouSecond Cardiology Department, Attikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Eirini KapniariSecond Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Attikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Panagiotis PlotasSecond Cardiology Department, Attikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Ignatios IkonomidisSecond Cardiology Department, Attikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8241-7886
Evangelia PapadavidSecond Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Attikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoimmune rheumatic diseases are systemic diseases frequently affecting the heart and vessels. The main cardiovascular complications are pericarditis, myocarditis, valvular disease, obstructive coronary artery disease and coronary microcirculatory dysfunction, cardiac failure and pulmonary hypertension. Echocardiography, including transthoracic two and three-dimensional echocardiography, Doppler imaging, myocardial deformation and transesophageal echo, is an established and widely available imaging technique for the identification of cardiovascular manifestations that are crucial for prognosis in rheumatic diseases. Echocardiography is also important for monitoring the impact of drug treatment on cardiac function, coronary microcirculatory function, valvular function and pulmonary artery pressures. In this article we summarize established and evolving knowledge on the role of echocardiography for diagnosis and prognosis of cardiovascular abnormalities in rheumatic diseases.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesRheumatic DiseasesEchocardiographyHeartHumansMicrocirculationPrognosisautoimmune rheumatic diseasesechocardiographymyocardial deformationthree dimensional echocardiography

Identifiers

PMID32883041
PMCPMC7558642
OpenAlexW3082882744

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