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Behçet's disease echocardiography or ultrasound
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Echocardiography is useful in patients with murmurs because it is useful for diagnosing the valve vegetations and ventricular thrombi, which may occur in Behçet disease. Vascular involvement can be seen in up to 40% of patients with Behçet disease (BS) with the lower-extremity vein thrombosis (LEVT) being the most common type where ultrasonography is needed.
Echocardiography/Ultrasound
Echocardiography/Ultrasound
- Echocardiography is useful in patients with murmurs because it is useful for the valve vegetations and ventricular thrombi, which can occur in Behçet disease.[1]
- Vascular involvement can be seen in up to 40% of patients with Behçet disease (BS) with the lower-extremity vein thrombosis (LEVT) being the most common type where ultrasonography is needed.[2]
References
References
- ↑ Wang H, Guo X, Tian Z, Liu Y, Wang Q, Li M; et al. (2016). “Intracardiac thrombus in patients with Behcet’s disease: clinical correlates, imaging features, and outcome: a retrospective, single-center experience”. Clin Rheumatol. 35 (10): 2501–7. doi:10.1007/s10067-015-3161-1. PMID 26753545.
- ↑ Seyahi E, Cakmak OS, Tutar B, Arslan C, Dikici AS, Sut N; et al. (2015). “Clinical and Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Lower-extremity Vein Thrombosis in Behcet Syndrome: An Observational Study”. Medicine (Baltimore). 94 (44): e1899. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000001899. PMC 4915888. PMID 26554787.
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