Impaired left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions in patients with early grade pulmonary sarcoidosis.


Kaderli A. A., Gullulu S., COŞKUN N. F., Yilmaz D., Uzaslan E.

European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology, vol.11, no.10, pp.809-13, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Cardiac sarcoidosis is symptomatic in only 5% of patients, and it is an independent predictor of mortality and carries a very poor prognosis. In our study, we aimed to assess left ventricle (LV) systolic and diastolic functions with tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) in patients with early grade pulmonary sarcoidosis.