Echocardiography may help detect pulmonary vasculopathy in the early stages of pulmonary artery hypertension associated with systemic sclerosis

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in patients with systemic sclerosis is associated with a poor prognosis, but this can be improved by early disease detection. Abnormal pulmonary and cardiac function can be detected early by means of echocardiography, whereas right heart catheterizat...

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Autores principales: Serra, Walter, Chetta, Alfredo, Santilli, Daniele, Mozzani, Flavio, Dall'Aglio, Pier Paolo, Olivieri, Dario, Cattabiani, Maria Alberta, Ardissino, Diego, Gherli, Tiziano
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2908574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20598164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-8-25

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