Evaluation of subclinical myocardial dysfunction using speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Objective: Ankylosing spondylitis is a part of diseases called “seronegative spondyloarthropathy”. Affects the vertebral column, sacroiliac joint and peripheral joints. This chronic rheumatic disorder involved extra -articular parts like Heart, lungs, central nervous system eyes. lead to multiple cardiac complication such as systolic diastolic dysfunction left ventricle, valvular involvement , inflammation aorta pericardium with enlargement heart. Aim study: To evaluate ventricle by echocardiography speckle tracking in ankylosing patients. Method: Fifty adult patients Spondylitis fulfilling inclusion criteria coming outpatients Merjan Medical City were recruited, diagnosed according American College Rheumatology criteria; 2D Echocardiography, Tissue Doppler Imaging Speckle Tracking Echocardiography was done. Statistical analysis correlation done Chi‑square test t-test, statistical significance taken P < 0.05. Results :There significant lowering mean global longitudinal strain than control ( p = 0.047*).