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Right ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with anticardiolipin antibodies and antiphospholipid syndrome.

Tektonidou MG, Ioannidis JP, Moyssakis I, Boki KA, Vassiliou V, Vlachoyiannopoulos PG, Kyriakidis MK, Moutsopoulos HM. Ann Rheum Dis. 2001; 60 (1): 43-8

To evaluate the prevalence of diastolic dysfunction in patients with anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) and to examine whether the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is associated with diastolic dysfunction independently of valvular abnormalities and systolic dysfunction.

PubMedID: 11114281