M-mode, 2-D and Doppler echocardiographic study in 65 patients with Behçet's syndrome

M Ozkan; O Emel; M Ozdemir; S Yurdakul; H Koçak; H Ozdoğan; V Hamuryudan; A Dirican; H Yazici

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060228

M-mode, 2-D and Doppler echocardiographic study in 65 patients with Behçet's syndrome

Eur Heart J. 1992 May;13(5):638-41. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060228.

Authors

M Ozkan¹, O Emel, M Ozdemir, S Yurdakul, H Koçak, H Ozdoğan, V Hamuryudan, A Dirican, H Yazici

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

PMID: 1618206
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060228

Abstract

The cardiac involvement in Behçet's syndrome in sixty-five patients (mean disease duration 5.7 +/- 4.1 SD years) was studied, in comparison with 70 healthy, age- and sex-matched controls. The electrocardiograms, chest radiographs and M-mode, 2-D and Doppler echocardiography were evaluated in a blind protocol. There were no significant differences in the prevalence of cardiac findings between the probands and the controls. It is concluded that cardiac involvement in Behçet's syndrome occurs only sporadically.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / etiology
Behcet Syndrome / complications*
Echocardiography, Doppler*
Female
Heart Murmurs / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Murmurs / etiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology
Mitral Valve Prolapse / diagnostic imaging*
Mitral Valve Prolapse / etiology
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / etiology