Noninvasive assessment of myocardial involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis: Role of signal averaged electrocardiography

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2358-2363

  Morelli, Sergio ^a,b,e   Sgreccia, Alessandro ^a,b   De Marzio, Paolo ^a,b   Perrone, Claudio ^a,b   Ferrante, Luigi ^a,b   Gurgo Di Castelmenardo, Angela M ^a,b   Aguglia, Giancarlo ^a,b   De Vincentiis, Giuseppe ^a,c   Scopinaro, Francesco ^a,c   Calvieri, Stefano ^a,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Clinica Medica I   (Italy)

^c Servizio di Medicina Nucleare   (Italy)

^d Clinica Dermatologica   (Italy)

^e POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart disease; Late ventricular potentials; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QRS COMPLEX; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 19244375780     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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