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Left atrial dysfunction detected by speckle tracking in patients with systemic sclerosis

BACKGROUND: Cardiac involvement is a relevant clinical finding in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and is associated with poor prognosis. Left atrial (LA) remodeling and/or dysfunction can be an early sign of diastolic dysfunction. Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) is a novel and promi...

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Autores principales: Agoston, Gergely, Gargani, Luna, Miglioranza, Marcelo Haertel, Caputo, Maria, Badano, Luigi Paolo, Moreo, Antonella, Muraru, Denisa, Mondillo, Sergio, Moggi Pignone, Alberto, Matucci Cerinic, Marco, Sicari, Rosa, Picano, Eugenio, Varga, Albert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4134332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25090937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-12-30