Objectives. This study aims to correlate subclinical echocardiographic features with the
clinical, laboratory, and therapeutic profiles of the patients to characterize risks for systemic …

Objectives. To determine the prevalence of echocardiographic abnormalities and identify
associated clinical and laboratory features in a large systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) …

Cardiovascular diseases are one of the most important causes of the disability and mortality
in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The present study examined the …

Results The following pathologies were significantly more common in the SLE patients:
pericardial involvement (58%), organic changes of the mitral valve cusps (54%), organic …

Aim of the work To assess the echocardiographic changes using Trans Thoracic
Echocardiograghy in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with and without …

Pericarditis is the most common cardiac abnormality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
patients, but lesions of the valves, myocardium and coronary vessels may all occur. In the …

Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune connective-tissue
disease involving multiple organs and systems. Some evidence has demonstrated that …

The aim of this study is to use transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) imaging methods to
identify cardiac dysfunction in asymptomatic systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients …

Background The aim of this study was evaluate the late-onset repercussions of heart
alterations of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) after a 13-year follow up …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune condition with a complex
pathophysiological process in which its inflammatory activity is an enhancer of coronary …