Echo doppler predictors of pulmonary artery hypertension in patients with systemic sclerosis

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 860-869

  Frea, Simone ^a   Capriolo, Michele ^a   Marra, Walter Grosso ^a   Cannillo, Margherita ^a   Fusaro, Enrico ^b   Libertucci, Daniela ^b   Morello, Mara ^a   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

pulmonary artery hypertension; right ventricular function; systemic sclerosis; Tei index; tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE LUNG DIFFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY FLOW ACCELERATION TIME; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TEI INDEX; TRICUSPID REGURGITANT VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 80052723345     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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