Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with systemic sclerosis in the Czech Republic

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 557-561

  Jansa, Pavel ^a   Becvar, Radim ^b   Ambroz, David ^a   Palecek, Tomas ^a   Tomcik, Michal ^b   Skacelova, Simona ^b   Aschermann, Michael ^a   Linhart, Ales ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Haemodynamics; Prevalence; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Screening; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 84859763008     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1896-x     Document Type: Article

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