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Title: | Evaluation of cardiac functions in children with familial Mediterranean fever | Authors: | Arslan, Sema Yildirim Gurses, Dolunay Yüksel, Selçuk |
Keywords: | Aortic stiffness familial Mediterranean fever heart rate variability MEFV gene QT dispersion tissue Doppler echocardiography Arterial Elastic Properties Heart-Rate-Variability Left-Ventricular Mass Tissue Doppler Qt Dispersion Rate Recovery Colchicine Stiffness Disease Echocardiography |
Publisher: | Cambridge Univ Press | Abstract: | Objectives: Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive autoinflammatory inherited disease. We aimed to evaluate cardiac involvement in children with familial Mediterranean fever during the attack-free period. Material and Methods: The prospective study included 75 familial Mediterranean fever patients during the attack-free period and 50 healthy children. Cardiac evaluation was performed using electrocardiography, 24-hour ambulatory Holter monitoring, and conventional and tissue Doppler echocardiography. Aortic stiffness indices were calculated. Results: There were no differences between the groups in age, height, sex, body mass index, and arterial blood pressure parameters (p > 0.05). QT and corrected QT dispersion parameters were similar in both groups (p > 0.05). The E wave velocity and the E/A ratio of the mitral and tricuspid valves decreased, and the A wave velocity of the tricuspid and mitral valve increased in familial Mediterranean fever by the Doppler echocardiography (p < 0.05). The myocardial contraction velocities (Sd), early relaxation velocity (Ed), and Ed/late relaxation velocity (Ad) of both ventricles were decreased in familial Mediterranean fever group, whereas the Ad of both ventricles and the interventricular septum was increased in familial Mediterranean fever group. Aortic strain and distensibility were decreased, and pressure strain elastic modules (Ep), pressure strain normalised (Ep*) by diastolic pressure, and aortic stiffness beta index were increased in familial Mediterranean fever patients (p < 0.05). When time domain heart rate variability parameters were evaluated, SDNN-i, RMSSD, and PNN50 significantly decreased in familial Mediterranean fever patients (p < 0.05), whereas SDNN and SDANN were similar in both groups (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Our findings showed that cardiac involvement could exist in familial Mediterranean fever patients, even during nonattack periods. | URI: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047951124000787 https://hdl.handle.net/11499/56996 |
ISSN: | 1047-9511 1467-1107 |
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