The inclusion of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in a sensitive screening strategy for systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary arterial hypertension: a cohort study

INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a major cause of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Screening guidelines for PAH recommend multiple investigations, including annual echocardiography, which together have low specificity and may not be cost-effective. We sought to evaluate t...

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Autores principales: Thakkar, Vivek, Stevens, Wendy, Prior, David, Youssef, Peter, Liew, Danny, Gabbay, Eli, Roddy, Janet, Walker, Jennifer G, Zochling, Jane, Sahhar, Joanne, Nash, Peter, Lester, Susan, Rischmueller, Maureen, Proudman, Susanna M, Nikpour, Mandana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24246100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar4383

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