Right ventricular myocardial performance index as an early marker of cardiac dysfunction in systemic sclerosis
RV MPI was shown to be significantly increased in SSc, even in the absence of overt cardiac symptoms or reduced left ventricular ejection fraction and remained independently associated with SSc. Together with reduced TAPSE and TAPSE/sPAP ratios, these findings indicate impaired RV-pulmonary arterial coupling. RV MPI therefore appears to be a simple and sensitive non-invasive parameter for the identification of cardiac involvement in SSc.
Authors
- Veli COBANKARA
- Emrah Kaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9854-9322)
- Murat Taşçı (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4635-5179)
- Uğur Karasu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0090-0247)
- İlknur Kaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0227-9215)
Institutions
- Chest Diseases Hospital (KW)
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR)
- Universidad CES (CO)
- Kutahya Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
- Pamukkale University (TR)
- Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1722534
- Primary Topic
- Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00