Frequency of pulmonary hypertension in transthoracic echocardiography screening is not increased in Takayasu arteritis: Experience from a single center in Turkey

OBJECTIVE: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) may occur in Takayasu arteritis (TA), mostly due to pulmonary arteritis, but also due to left heart disease and/or chronic thromboembolism (CTE). Using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), we investigated the frequency of PH caused by pulmonary arteritis. METH...

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Autores principales: Kalfa, Melike, Emmungil, Hakan, Musayev, Oktay, Gündüz, Özgül Soysal, Yılmaz, Zevcet, İnal, Vedat, Akar, Servet, Akkoç, Nurullah, Önen, Fatoş, Kayıkçıoğlu, Meral, Keser, Gökhan, Aksu, Kenan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medical Research and Education Association 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6267748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30501851
http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/eurjrheum.2018.17052

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6267748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30501851
http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/eurjrheum.2018.17052

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