The importance of fragmented QRS in the early detection of cardiac involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis

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Bayar N., Cay H. F., Erkal Z., Sezer I., Arslan S., Cagirci G., ...Daha Fazla

ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, cilt.15, sa.3, ss.209-212, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/akd.2014.5191
  • Dergi Adı: ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.209-212
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: systemic sclerosis, fragmented QRS, pulmonary hypertension, electrocardiography, PRIMARY PULMONARY-HYPERTENSION, MYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS, SCLERODERMA, FREQUENCY, DISEASE, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THERAPY, HEART, WAVE
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Objective: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder characterized by fibrosis. The prognosis of the disease is bad when clinically symptomatic cardiac dysfunction is occurred, therefore early detection of cardiac dysfunction is important in patients with SSc. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of fQRS in superficial electrocardiography in cardiacally asymptomatic patients with SSc and its relation to the systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP).