Predominant primitive right ventricular involvement in systemic sclerosis [1]

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 658-

  Meune, C ^a   Allanore, Yannick ^a   Vignaux, O ^a   Merceron, O ^a   Assous, N ^a   Legmann, P ^a   Kahan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CINEVENTRICULOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 34648836778     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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