Reduced left ventricular function on cardiac MRI of SLE patients correlates with measures of disease activity and inflammation

2023-08-25 cardiovascular medicine Title + abstract only

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BackgroundWomen with SLE have an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. Many women with SLE frequently report chest pain in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) due to coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD), a form of ischemia with no obstructive CAD. Echocardiographic studies have shown that SLE patients have reduced left ventricular (LV) function, which may also correlate with higher SLE disease activity scores. As such, we used cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI)...

Reduced left ventricular function on cardiac MRI of SLE patients correlates with measures of disease activity and inflammation

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