Reductions in Cardiac Structure and Function 24 Months After Spinal Cord Injury: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the alterations in cardiac structure and function that occur in the months after spinal cord injury (SCI).

Study design

Cross-sectional SETTING: Rehabilitation Hospital PARTICIPANTS: Volunteers (N=29; 4 women, 25 men) between 3 and 24 months after SCI.

Main outcome measures

Transthoracic echocardiography was performed on each volunteer. The relationships between time since injury and neurologic and sensory levels of injury to cardiac structure and function were assessed via multiple linear regression.

Results

Time since injury was most strongly associated with reductions in left ventricular end diastolic volume (r²=0.156; P=.034), end systolic volume (r²=0.141; P=.045), and mass (r²=0.138; P=.047). These s

SUBMITTER: Ely MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8339187 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature