Echocardiographic assessment in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in relation to disease activity

ABSTRACT

For assessment of the cardiac manifestations of SLE by a noninvasive way, echocardiographic-Doppler study was done. 40 patients with SLE were diagnosed and followed up in the Rheumatology Rehabilitation Department, Kasr El-Aini Hospital, Cairo University. Finally, cardiac assessment clinically and echocardiographically was done in the Cardiology Department, El-Hussein Hospital, Al-Azhar University. The study was done in the period from 1993 till 1995. The study showed significant changes in the cardiac assessment especially with the mild forms of the disease