Early impairment of myocardial function in systemic sclerosis: Non-invasive assessment by Doppler myocardial and strain rate imaging

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 407-418

  D'Andrea, Antonella ^a,c   Stisi, Stefano ^a   Bellissimo, Salvatore ^a   Vigorito, Francesco ^a   di Uccio, Fortunato Scotto ^a   Tozzi, Nicola ^a   Moscato, Francesco ^a   Pezzullo, Enrica ^a   Calabrò, Raffaele ^b   Scherillo, Marino ^a  

^a G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler myocardial imaging; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricle; Strain rate imaging; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE ANTIBODY; SCL 70 ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG PRESSURE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AUTOANTIBODIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE;

EID: 28244478046     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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