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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |