Leonardo Vinicius

Sep 17, 2023 | paperity.org | Maria Clara Moura |Paulo Rocha |Leonardo Vinicius

Advances in Rheumatology, Aug 2023 Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a vasculitis that affects the aorta and its branches and causes stenosis, occlusion, and aneurysms. Up to 60% of TA patients are associated with cardiac involvement which confers a poor prognosis. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) analysis is an echocardiographic technique that can detect the presence of subclinical systolic dysfunction.