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Risk factors for development of pulmonary arterial hypertension in Australian systemic sclerosis patients: results from a large multicenter cohort study

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is the leading cause of mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). We sought to determine the incidence, prevalence and risk factors for PAH development in a large Australian SSc cohort. METHODS: PAH was diagnosed on right heart catheterisa...

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Autores principales: Morrisroe, Kathleen, Huq, Molla, Stevens, Wendy, Rabusa, Candice, Proudman, Susanna M., Nikpour, Mandana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5039932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27677579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0296-z