Aim of the work: To assess left ventricular (LV) function and thoracic aorta elastic properties in BD patients using Doppler echocardiography and to correlate echocardiographic findings with dis- ease activity. Patients and methods: The LV functions and thoracic aorta elastic properties were assessed in 30 BD patients and 30 controls using conventional and Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI) echocardiogra- phy. Disease activity was evaluated using Behc ¸ et’s disease current activity form (BDCAF). Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), cholesterol and triglyceride levels were measured. Results: In BD patients, ESR and CRP were significantly elevated while cholesterol and triglyc- erides were comparable to the levels in the control. In conventional echocardiography, BD patients had significantly higher aortic diastolic diameter (p < 0.05), aortic stiffness index (p < 0.001), iso- volumic relaxation time (p < 0.001), flow propagation velocity (FPV) and peak E-wave velocity/FPV (E/FPV) (p < 0.001) than the control group while aortic strain was significantly lower

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