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Prevalence of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Korean Adult Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: Result of a Pilot Echocardiographic Screening Study

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Early detection and prompt treatment of PAH associated with SSc (SSc-PAH) result in better prognosis. We conducted echocardiographic study to presume the preval...

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Autores principales: Yoo, Su-Jin, Park, Jae-Hyeong, Park, Yunseon, Lee, Jae-Hwan, Sun, Byung-Joo, Kim, Jinhyun, Yoo, In Seol, Shim, Seung Cheol, Kang, Seong Wook
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Echocardiography 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5234342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28090259
http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2016.24.4.312