Cardiovascular Organ Damage in Clinical Subtypes of Systemic Sclerosis: Arterial Stiffness and Echocardiography Might Not Be the Ideal Tools for Patient Risk Stratification

Table 2

Echocardiographic and hemodynamic parameters of SSc patients.

	All	Diffuse	Limited
LVmass (gr)	120 [105–152]	141 [105–184]	122 [102–138]	0.48
LVMi(gr/m2)	79.3 ± 24.8	82.8 ± 27.7	75.7 ± 21.5	0.35
EF (%)	64 ± 4	65 ± 4	64 ± 4	0.08
LVH (#)	4 (9.7%)	3 (19%)	1 (5%)	0.33
LAVi (cc/m2)	23.7 ± 8.1	21.2 ± 7.3	26.5 ± 8.4	0.052
Dilated LA, # (%)	5	1 (5%)	4 (20%)	0.16
E/e’ avg	8.4 ± 2.7	7.9 ± 2.1	9.0 ± 3.1	0.22
TR (m/sec)	2.4 ± 0.35	2.2 ± 0.5	2.4 ± 0.2	0.21
pSBP (mmHg)	115 ± 18.7	113 ± 13	117 ± 23	0.5
pDBP (mmHg)	69.3 ± 8.4	69.7 ± 7.6	68.8 ± 9.4	0.73
pMBP (mmHg)	87.4 ± 10.2	86.1 ± 8.2	88.9 ± 11.9	0.39
pAI	88.4 [82.5–99.5]	90 [80.3–95]	93 [82–99]	0.24
cSBP (mmHg)	107.4 ± 17	105.3 ± 11.8	109.7 ± 21.3	0.42
cDBP (mmHg)	70.5 ± 8.5	71.1 ± 7.5	70 ± 9.6	0.66
cMBP (mmHg)	87.5 ± 10	86.1 ± 8.2	88.4 ± 11.7	0.5
cAI	147.3 ± 17.5	145.6 ± 14.2	149 ± 20.6	0.52
CFPWV (m/sec)	6.6[6.1–7.8]	6.5 [6–6.8]	7.0[6.2–8.5]	0.24
CFPWV >10, n (%)	4 (9.7%)	2 (9.5%)	2 (10%)	1