Associations of right ventricular myocardial function with skin and pulmonary involvement in asymptomatic patients with systemic sclerosis

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 831-839

  D'Andrea, Antonello ^a,c   Bellissimo, Salvatore ^a   di Uccio, Fortunato Scotto ^a   Vigorito, Francesco ^a   Moscato, Francesco ^a   Tozzi, Nicola ^a   Di Donato, Maria ^a   Citro, Rodolfo ^b   Stisi, Stefano ^a   Scherillo, Marino ^a  

^a G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Vallo della Lucania SA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diastole; Doppler myocardial imaging; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricle; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 14844314145     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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