Retrospective study of clinical and laboratory features in Japanese scleroderma patients with cardiac involvement

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-72

  Jinnin, Masatoshi ^a   Ihn, Hironobu ^a   Asano, Yoshihide ^b   Yamane, Kenichi ^b   Yazawa, Norihito ^b   Tamaki, Kunihiko ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac fibrosis; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Skin fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ANTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT POSTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SCLERODERMA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 67349210641     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2009.03.004     Document Type: Letter

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