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Table 1 Echocardiography pre and post treatment

From: Secondary cardiac involvement in anti-SRP-antibody-positive myopathy: an 87-year-old woman with heart failure symptoms as the first clinical presentation

 

Pre-treatment

Post-treatment

IVSth (mm)

13

11

PWth (mm)

11

9

LVDd (mm)

46

42

LVDs (mm)

26

22

EF (%)

73

79

FS (%)

43

48

E/e’

19.2

11.7

Pericardial effusion

+

–

  1. IVSth Thickness of interventricular septum, PWth Thickness of left ventricular posterior wall, LVDd Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, LVDs Left ventricular end-systolic diameter, EF Ejection fraction, FS Fractional shortening