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Echocardiography, including tissue Doppler imaging and longitudinal peak-systolic global strain, was used to assess diastolic and systolic myocardial function, and 12-channel electrocardiography was performed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results.<\/jats:title><jats:p>The interventricular septum was thicker in patients than controls (mean \u00b1 SD 0.8 \u00b1 0.2 cm vs 0.7 \u00b1 0.1 cm, p = 0.036). Diastolic function in patients was altered compared with controls characterized by lower mitral E wave deceleration time (165 \u00b1 36 ms vs 180 \u00b1 40 ms, p = 0.029), higher surrogate marker of left ventricular (LV) filling pressure (median lateral E\/e\u2019 5.3, interquartile range 4.6\u20136.3 vs 4.8, 3.9\u20135.7, p = 0.036), and larger left atrial area (16.4 \u00b1 2.9 cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>vs 15.1 \u00b1 2.8 cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>, p = 0.015). Systolic and diastolic blood pressures were higher in patients (120 \u00b1 15 mmHg vs 114 \u00b1 9 mmHg, p = 0.021 and 76 \u00b1 10 mmHg vs 71 \u00b1 8 mmHg, p = 0.009, respectively). QT corrected interval was similar in patients and controls. High high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), polyarticular disease course, and extended joint affection at 29-year followup, as well as duration of active disease, cumulative erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and CRP, and prednisolone use were associated with higher lateral E\/e\u2019.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion.<\/jats:title><jats:p>Adult patients with JIA did not differ from controls in LV systolic function, but had mildly thicker interventricular septum and indications for higher LV filling pressure, and most in patients with a higher disease burden.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3899\/jrheum.141351","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,7,16]],"date-time":"2015-07-16T01:10:43Z","timestamp":1437009043000},"page":"1716-1723","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Cardiac Function in Adult Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis"],"prefix":"10.3899","volume":"42","author":[{"given":"Hanne A.","family":"Aulie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mette E.","family":"Estensen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anne M.","family":"Selvaag","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vibke","family":"Lilleby","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Klaus","family":"Murbraech","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Berit","family":"Flat\u00f8","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Svend","family":"Aakhus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2262","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,7,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"2018112909350495000_42.9.1716.1","first-page":"2275","article-title":"Incidence of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in the Nordic countries. 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