Evaluation of the Left Ventricular Function in Patients with Scleroderma with Normal Pulmonary Artery Pressure Using Myocardial Strain Analysis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

Background: Since cardiac involvement in scleroderma patients has a poor prognosis, studies have shown that observation of Left Ventricular (LV) deformation analysis using the sensitive speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) method is appropriate in predicting heart failure.